Whalen v. Boles

CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

This appeal is taken from a judgment rendered August 10, 1949, awarding the custody of Patricia Ann Whalen, now eight and a half years old, to' the appellee, her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cornelia Kassens. The child’s father is the appellant, Mr. Wilbur Robinson Whalen, Jr., and the mother is the appellee, Mrs. Anita Whalen Boles.

The appellant and the appellee, Mrs. Boles, were divorced on December 29, 1944, when the child was only two years old. The mother was awarded custody of the child and $75 per month as alimony for herself and maintenance -for the child. Two…