Miller v. Schneider

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a child custody case.

Appellant and appellee were married in 1932, and were divorced in 1940 in Chicago, where they then resided. Under the terms of the divorce decree, and in harmony with an agreement of the parties then made, the custody of their only child, a girl then about one year of age, was awarded to the ap-pellee, subject to a provision that the appellant should have custody of the child for one month of each year after the child reached the age of four.

In May, 1941, appellee married ; Dr. Schneider, and shortly thereafter moved with the child to…