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It's not clear what you mean "automatic custody." The default state is for the natural parents of a child to be the custodians of that child; if the mother is not married or at least cohabitating with the father it's generally assumed that she will be the custodian. Changing that requires a deliberate legal process. If someone (for example: the child's natural father, or the child's grandparents) wants to contest it, they will have to go to court. In that case, while it's not "automatic" that the mother will win, courts do traditionally have a strong bias in favor of the natural parents (again, particularly the mother).

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Q: Does an unwed mother in new york get automatic custody?
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