California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Helgestad v. Vargas, 180 Cal.Rptr.3d 318, 231 Cal.App.4th 719 (Cal. App. 2014):
9 Another example is Dooley v. Dooley (La.App. 1983) 443 So.2d 630, 631632 (We hold that custody in one spouse, the right to which depends upon a separation of the spouses, either de facto ... or de jure ... cannot exist when the parents have become reconciled and there is no longer separation either de facto or de jure.] (citations omitted)).
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