adjective
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(of a parent) Not having custody of a child.
definition
(of a trial sentence) That does not involve a term in prison.
Examples of noncustodial in a Sentence
Noncustodial visitation in regards to grandparents is an issue that has come to the forefront in recent years.
If there is a well-established relationship between the grandparent and grandchildren, this will be taken into consideration when a judge is asked to make a ruling on the issue of noncustodial visitation in regards to grandparents.
Opposers contend that when a court of law is permitted to order noncustodial visitation with regard to grandparents, the state is interfering with the parents' rights to make decisions concerning the raising of their children.
These stresses include the unclear role and authority of the stepparent, financial responsibility for stepchildren, conflict between custodial and noncustodial parents, and emotional tensions.
In addition, children may feel torn between the custodial parent, with whom they live, and the noncustodial parent, with whom they visit.
Noncustodial parent-The parent who does not have legal custody of the child and does not live in the same home with the child.
The noncustodial parent has financial responsibility for the child and visitation rights.
Children may grieve the loss of the "traditional" family, and they mourn the loss of the noncustodial parent, typically but not always, the father.
The removal of the noncustodial parent or increased work hours for the custodial parent can cause separation anxiety, while the parents' emotional distress tends to be felt by babies, upsetting their own emotional balance.
By the early elementary grades, children are better able to handle separation from the noncustodial parent.
Their greater awareness of the divorce situation, however, may lead to elaborate and frightening fantasies of abandonment or of being replaced in the affections of the noncustodial parent.