fitness of parent

fitness of parent
An issue raised in awarding custody of a child or children in a suit for divorce, to be determined not alone from financial condition or even specific instances of moral weakness, but upon the primary consideration of the welfare of the child, coupled with recognition of the fact that misconduct toward a spouse is not necessarily moral unfitness for taking custody of a child. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 788.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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