Lynch v. Lynch

This petition to regulate custody and to establish rights of visitation was brought under the provisions of G. L. 1956, §15-5-19, authorizing the filing of such petitions for relief in the superior court without commencement of divorce proceedings. The respondent entered a special plea to the jurisdiction and a motion to deny and dismiss the petition on the ground that for reasons therein alleged the superior court had no jurisdiction to hear it.

After a hearing on the special plea the trial justice, after making certain findings of fact, entered a decision sustaining it and granting her…