Custody is a right to the child, and is upon both parents as long as the marital relationship between them stands. If they separate, custody shall be to the mother, then to the person who is most entitled to it in the following order: the father, then the mother’s mother, then the father’s mother, then the court decides what it deems to be in the best interest of the child in custody, the court may decide otherwise than this order, based on the best interest of the child in custody.
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