Legal Opinion
State v. Black
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 16, 1940No. 6 Div. 645PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The appeal presents the status quo of a little girl of tender' years, the subject of litigation conducted by her parents.
It is well understood by the decisions of this court that such judgment should be rendered as is for the best interest of the child without undue regard to technical pleading.
The respondent mother attempts to defeat the proceeding in the Alabama court by setting up a judgment of a foreign state rendered ad interim after the child had been taken to another jurisdiction by the consent of the parents, and then to another jurisdiction without the consent'of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Finlay v. FinlayNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Ex Parte BurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Maclean v. SpeedMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Harrison v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852
- In Re the Appointment of a General Guardian of HubbardNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Freund v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- Little v. LittleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Ex Parte WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Moss v. IngramSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Stallworth v. StallworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
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