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title: "Parent-Child Rules and Overrides"
slug: "parent-child-rules-and-overrides"
updated: 2026-08-10T20:17:55Z
published: 2026-08-10T20:17:55Z
canonical: "help.idibilling.com/parent-child-rules-and-overrides"
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# Parent-Child Rules and Overrides

#### **Rules**

- An account may have a parent service with no children.
- An account may have two or more parent services from different families.
- Changes to family configurations take effect at the time of the change.
- If a feature is a child of multiple families, it must have a parent from each family present on the account to be considered valid.

#### **Overrides**
- Any of these errors can be overridden using a manager override.
- The ability to override is based on the user having the ‘Allow Orphaned Child’ permission.
- Accessed via: **Application > CostGuard Client > Product Management > Product Families > Override Orphaned Child.**