Custodial, in family law, is about who has custody of someone, especially a child — who the child lives with, who makes the big decisions. The custodial parent is the one the child lives with; the other parent is non-custodial. Courts talk about custodial rights.

Custodial, in family lawcustodial這個字在家事法裡 is about who has custody of someone, especially a child講的是誰擁有某人（尤其是小孩）的監護權 who the child lives with小孩跟誰住 who makes the big decisions誰做重大的決定 The custodial parent is the one the child lives withcustodial parent（監護方家長）就是小孩跟他住的那一方 the other parent is non-custodial另一方就是non-custodial（非監護方） Courts talk about custodial rights法院會談到custodial rights（監護權）

The same idea of holding a person appears in criminal law: a custodial sentence means you go to prison, not just pay a fine.

The same idea of holding a person appears in criminal law同樣「拘留、看管一個人」的概念也出現在刑法裡 a custodial sentence means you go to prisoncustodial sentence（拘禁刑）表示你要去坐牢 not just pay a fine而不只是罰錢

Though actually there is a further, different job use that trips people up: custodial staff are the people who clean and look after a building. That one is about caretaking, not about children or court.

Though actually there is a further, different job use that trips people up不過其實還有一個容易讓人搞混、完全不同的工作用法 custodial staff are the people who clean and look after a buildingcustodial staff指的是打掃、照顧一棟建築的工作人員 That one is about caretaking這個用法講的是照管維護 not about children or court跟小孩或法院沒有關係

The child-and-court sense is the centre of this word as learners meet it; the prison sense sits next to it; the cleaning sense is the odd one out.

The child-and-court sense is the centre of this word as learners meet it對學習者來說，跟小孩、法院有關的意思是這個字的核心 the prison sense sits next to it監獄相關的意思則緊靠在旁邊 the cleaning sense is the odd one out打掃相關的意思才是比較特別的例外