Extinguishment of parental authority.
Article 77
ARTICLE 77. Extinguishment of parental authority. — (1) Parental authority terminates upon the death of the parents or the child, or upon emancipation. (2) Subject to Article 78, the widowed mother who contracts a subsequent marriage shall lose parental authority and custody over all children by the deceased husband, unless the second husband is related to them within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity. (3) The court may deprive a person of parental authority or suspend the exercise thereof if he treats his children with excessive harshness, gives then corrupting or immoral orders and counsel, or abandons them.