How to Use noncustodial in a Sentence

noncustodial

adjective
Definition of noncustodialnext
  • Access time that a noncustodial parent spends with his or her child(ren), either agreed to by the parties or ordered by the court.
    — Jennifer Lance, Glamour, 26 Nov. 2018
  • Hershel T. Hulbert, 26, the mother’s ex-boyfriend and the boy’s noncustodial father, was in custody.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2017
  • The noncustodial parent must be behind by the amount equal to one month’s obligation before any action could be taken.
    — The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2019
  • This could also include many, many other noncustodial sort of actors in the crypto space.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • According to a press release from the USMS, many of the children were runaways or abducted by noncustodial persons.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 27 May 2023
  • One child was a victim of a noncustodial parental kidnapping.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Some noncustodial parents pay child support directly to the mothers or fathers who have custody of the children.
    — Joshua Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Court records of child support enforcement actions may show noncustodial parents accused of having failed to pay support for months or even years.
    — Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Sep. 2020
  • In an opinion written by Associate Justice Samuel Alito, the court ruled that a noncustodial parent could not invoke the law.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • For many parents, in-person visits changed to virtual ones, in which children Skype, Zoom, or FaceTime with noncustodial parents.
    — Jessica Klein, The Atlantic, 23 June 2020
  • People also often have rigid views of motherhood and how mothers are supposed to behave and live, and who’s supposed to be the custodial and noncustodial parent.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Days before the girl was found in Michigan, two abducted children from Missouri who had been missing for nearly a year were found with their noncustodial mother at a Florida grocery store.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Police are seeking the public's help in locating a 2-year-old River Rouge boy, who was taken from his home by his noncustodial father without permission.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2018
  • This kind of interview would be called a noncustodial interview, which means at any point during the interview, Reality Winner could have walked away.
    — Rachel Seo, Variety, 29 May 2023
  • In an opinion written by Associate Justice Samuel Alito, a conservative, the court ruled that a noncustodial parent could not invoke the law.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • An 18-month-old child was found safe after being taken from a supervised visit by his noncustodial parents, Peoria police said.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Things such as a parent’s income and ability to pay; financial needs of the child; and the amount of support needed to maintain a child’s standard of living all factor in to a monthly payment typically made by a noncustodial parent.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al.com, 13 June 2019
  • For instance, the letter said virtual currencies, such as bitcoin and ether, can be transferred peer-to-peer directly without the use of a regulated third party, such as between noncustodial wallets.
    — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Nearly all noncustodial parents are men and the majority are African American.
    — Yvonne Wenger, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2019
  • Brunt, the boy’s noncustodial father, allegedly took the child Friday afternoon, according to police.
    — Bryan Lowry, kansascity, 5 Aug. 2017
  • All Maryland counties and Baltimore City have child support enforcement agencies that try to collect arrearages from the noncustodial parent.
    — Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The father of the two Missouri children, who had been found inside a Florida supermarket after allegedly being abducted by their noncustodial mother, is speaking out.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The mother, Kimberly Cooper, was arrested, along with Paislee's noncustodial father and grandfather, who both denied having knowledge of Paislee's whereabouts when police executed their search warrant this week.
    — Mark Morales, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Jennifer is D'Quai's noncustodial mother, the television said.
    — Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Bannon’s defense is expected to request a noncustodial sentence or probation.
    — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Harmony Montgomery, 5, was reported missing two years after she was last seen when her noncustodial biological mother discovered her ex-con father had never enrolled her in elementary school.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • FinCEN provided clear guidance in 2019 and stressed the important difference between a custodial wallet (hosted) and a noncustodial wallet (unhosted).
    — Hailey Lennon, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • In one scenario, the qualifying custodial parent — designated as such for tax purposes — releases a dependency tax claim to the noncustodial parent.
    — Washington Post, 12 May 2020
  • The system also included personal identifying information about both custodial and noncustodial parents.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2022

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