There is no “custody”, the children fend for themselves. BD or the father can appoint someone over the estate (as ICOT points out), but the children are “free” to collect (as per the Mishna in BB 139b) if they have no Yerusha.
There is no “custody”, the children fend for themselves. BD or the father can appoint someone over the estate (as ICOT points out), but the children are “free” to collect (as per the Mishna in BB 139b) if they have no Yerusha.