Chapter on Custody

Once a man divorces his wife, the mother has the strongest claim to both the custody and the nursing of her child, and that right remains so long as she does not remarry. Should she marry again, the right passes to the maternal grandmother, provided that the grandmother is not herself married to a man who is unrelated to the child. If the grandmother is married to such a stranger, her claim is forfeited. The same rule applies to any woman who is married to a man with no blood relation to the child: her right to custody is void.