custodial

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Parents who are unable to hire their babies for this Roth strategy — for example, if their children can’t work — can still invest for their child through a custodial brokerage account.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

The boys would not have been sent to prison if they had been given custodial sentences.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Only criminal convictions that attract custodial sentences of more than three months prevent candidates from standing in local council elections.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

And assets in a custodial account are weighted more heavily in financial-aid calculations for college than assets in a parent’s account, potentially reducing the amount of aid a student gets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

“In addition, two members of the custodial staff and one of the kitchen workers will not be returning,” Father Mul- rooney said.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer