Legal Opinion
In Re Borcherding's Custody
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 2, 1945No. 31735PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWelch, J.
The respondents, the maternal grandparents of the boy, have appealed from an order and judgment granting custody of the child to petitioners, the paternal grandparents.
The boy is now nearly twelve years old. His parents became estranged and separated when the child was very small. For a period he dwelt first with his maternal grandparents and then with his paternal grandparents until his father died in September, 1938, when the child was a little past four. Since then the child has spent some time with his paternal grandparents, but has lived principally with his maternal grandparents at the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Finlay v. FinlayNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- In Re StuartWashington Supreme Court · 1926
- Brown v. HardenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
- Milligan v. State ex rel. Children's HomeIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Brown v. RobertsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gould v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
- Ex Parte MoulinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
- In Re a Writ of Habeas Corpus of BoydSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
- Young v. ReynoldsCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978