Legal Opinion
Appeal of Stevens from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 26, 1969PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlcorn, J.
The facts in this case are not in dispute. Thomas R. Stevens is the father and Helen M. Stevens is the mother of Thomas R. Stevens, Jr., who was born on January 10, 1961. As such, they became, by law, the joint guardians of the person of the child. General Statutes §45-43. On June 25, 1962, Thomas Stevens was granted a divorce from Helen Stevens on the ground of intolerable cruelty, and the custody of their son was awarded to the father. On June 12, 1963, the father applied to the Probate Court for the district of Norwalk for the mother’s removal as a joint guardian of the person of their son…
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