To whom does custody devolve after the death of both parents?
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After the mother, custody goes to the maternal grandmother, then the father, then the paternal grandmother, then the sisters, then the brothers, then the paternal aunts, then the paternal uncles, and so on, with the closest relative from the collateral kin, whether male or female, taking precedence.
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