QUESTION
If the mother dies from a drug overdose who gets the child if they were not married?
Asked on Dec 18th, 2016 on Child Custody - Pennsylvania
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The mother died of a drug overdose. Do her parents have more rights to the baby than the father?
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Father has primary custody rights over her parents. The child will be placed with father unless he is proven to be unfit to parent or if he is unwilling.
Answered on Feb 15th, 2017 at 6:12 AM
William R. Pelger, Attorney Munhall, Pennsylvania 412-461-1900