- father's natural guardianship
- The modern status of the father as the natural guardian of the person of all his children until they have attained the age of twenty-one. 25 Am J1st 10 G & W § 6.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
father's natural guardianship
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