Abstract
This article efforts to uncover the parent-child relationship underlying custody as a parent' s right to the child, focusing on what custody means in everyday life. When it is based on the assumed roles of Mother and Father, award of custody can be seen as legal allocation of caretaking work (and paid work) along the domestic/public border, reconfirming gender roles, though contemporary custody is claimed to be based on equality of women and men, ie., gender neutrality.
