Legal custody in a divorce is one of two types of child custody. 离婚中的法律监护是两种类型中的儿童监护中的一种。
France, Germany, Japan and other countries which belong to the continent legal system have developed a comprehensive supervision system of custody of child. England, U. S. A. and other countries which belong to the common law system have stipulated improvement measure. 大陆法系的法国、德国、日本等国都规定了相对完善的未成年人监护监督制度,英美法系的英国、美国等国也规定了比较完善的监督措施。