de facto custody

de facto custody
The custody by a divorced parent of a child, where custody has not been granted by the court to such parent, but he or she has assumed custody because of the abandonment of the child by the parent awarded custody or by the relinquishment of custody of the child by the other parent. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 872.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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