Sullivan v. Auslaender

We are faced with the problem so often presented to courts of equity in domestic matters — what to do with minor children of a broken marriage. Difficult at best to come to a solution that seems satisfyingly wise and sound, the problem before us is intensified. The chancellor found each parent fit to be awarded custody 1 as “educated, intelligent people”, concerned with the welfare of their son and daughter. He resolved the predicament by placing the care of the children in one and then the other. They are to spend three years in the custody of the father and the following three years in the…