649 So. 2d 297 - State v. Earl’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The mother and father jointly are natural guardians of their own children and of their adopted children, during minority. If one parent dies, the surviving parent remains the sole natural guardian even if he or she remarries. If the marriage between the parents is dissolved, the natural guardianship belongs to the parent to whom custody of the child is awarded. If the parents are given joint custody, then both continue as natural guardians. If the marriage is dissolved and neither the father nor the mother is given custody of the child, neither shall act as natural guardian of the child. The mother of a child born out of wedlock is the natural guardian of the child and is entitled to primary residential care and custody of the child unless a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order stating otherwise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bainbridge v. Pratt

2. “The mother and father jointly are natural guardians of their own children and of their adopted children, during minority.... The mother of a child born out of wedlock is the natural guardian of the child and is entitled to primary residential care and custody of the child unless a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order stating otherwise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stewart v. Walker