{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:609","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Custody, of Children","number":"609","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/609/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II - FAMILY","title":"TITLE I. - BONDS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CONSANGUINITY AND BY AFFINITY.","chapter":"Chapter 7. - Termination of Marriage","section":"Section 1. - Causes of Termination of Marriage.","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The custody and support of children born of the marriage shall be regulated having regard solely to the best interest of such children.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/609/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":168,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/168/?article=609&paragraph=p1#article-609-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Unless there be a serious reason for deciding otherwise, the children shall be entrusted to their mother up to the age of five years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/609/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":168,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/168/?article=609&paragraph=p2#article-609-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}