Stewart Funeral Service, Inc. v. Stoyer

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• holding that a natural father is presumed to have legal custody of his child at the time of legitimation in the absence of affirmative evidence indi- cating otherwise
• holding that a natural father is presumed to have legal custody of his child at the time of legitimation in the absence of affirmative evidence indicating otherwise
• holding that a natural father is presumed to have legal custody of his child at the time of legitimation in the absence of affirmative evidence indicating otherwise
• holding that a natural father is presumed to have legal custody of his child at the time of legitimation in the absence of affirmative evidence indicating otherwise
• “Unless there is evidence to show that the father of a legitimated child has been deprived of his natural right to custody, he will be presumed to share custody with the mother”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).