McDonel v. Sohn

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that there can be no in loco parentis status for a third party if the natural parent's actions conflict with such a finding
• recognizing that there can be no in loco parentis status for a third party if the natural parent’s actions conflict with such a finding
• recognizing that there can be no in loco parentis status for a third party if the natural parent’s actions conflict with such a finding
• concluding it is in the best interests of child to grant primary physical custody to aunt and uncle as against father who abrogated his parental duties for most of child’s life
• upholding award of primary physical custody to maternal aunt and uncle instead of father following mother's death
• upholding award of primary physical custody to maternal aunt and uncle instead of father following mother’s death

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).