1. add a new custom field, to the Case-record(where you'll refer the parent custom record);
2. in its definition, this new custom field shall be of type=ListRecord;
3. pick the custom record which you want to be referred;
4. "tick" the "RECORD IS PARENT"-checkbox;
5. Save the new custom field, of the Case-record(you can configure then, if you want the children to be visible or not, in the Case-record, as a sublist...).
Now, you have the parent-child configuration.