unfit parent

unfit parent definition - legal

n

A parent with suspect morality, or one who may engage in illegal or excessively unhealthy habits, such as habitual drinking to the point of inebriation, or use of illicit drugs.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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