Commonwealth ex rel. Hubbell v. Hubbell

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This appeal involves divorced parents, each desiring custody of two of their children. In such cases there usually is no solution to the problem; the court can only choose between unsatisfactory situations. So is it here.

The burden is on the appellant to establish that the order of the lower court is erroneous or based on a mistake of law: Com. ex rel. Heller v. Yellin, 174 Pa. Superior Ct. 292, 297, 101 A. 2d 452 (1953).

Any experienced trial judge, while conducting a hearing which involves the custody of children, is observing every act of the parties, not only to…