McManus v. Hinney

The sole question to be decided on this appeal is whether the trial court’s finding that LaCaria did not stand in loco parentis to the two minor plaintiffs is against the great weight and clear preponderance of the evidence.

Before reviewing the evidence we deem it advisable to fix the legal signification of the term in loco parentis.

In 67 C. J. S., Parent & Child, p. 808, sec. 71, the term in loco parentis is defined as:

“. . . in the place of a parent; instead of a parent; charged, factitiously, with a parent’s rights, duties, and responsibilities; more specifically, the relationship which a…