Who has more right to the custody of a 5-6 year-old girl after her divorced mother remarries: the maternal grandmother or the child's paternal grandmother?
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The person most entitled to child custody after the mother is the maternal grandmother, according to the majority of scholars. The child's father is not permitted to dispute this, as long as the child's grandmother is sound and possesses the qualifications for custody, until the period of lawful custody ends.
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