Legal Opinion

Elizabeth A. S. v. Anthony M. S.

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided August 20, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

This is a mother’s appeal from a Superior Court decision affirming a Family Court grant of child-visitation privileges to the father pursuant to 13 Del.C. § 727. 1 The issue is whether the Family Court, in determining the extent of visitation privileges, should have considered the effect of the father’s continuing and open adulterous relationship with his paramour upon the child’s moral character development.

I

The pertinent facts in this case are these:

Appellant Elizabeth A.S. (“the mother”) and appellee Anthony M.S. (“the father”) are the parents of Jennifer M.S., born…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In Re Two Minor ChildrenSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
  2. Smith v. SmithSuperior Court of Delaware · 1946
  3. Ex Parte MartiSuperior Court of Delaware · 1951
  4. In re MarisSuperior Court of Delaware · 1906
  5. Moore v. MooreSuperior Court of Delaware · 1959

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rogers v. TrentSupreme Court of Delaware · 1991
  2. Capri M.P. v. Ronald O.Delaware Family Court · 1984
  3. Wilcox v. LaClaireSupreme Court of Delaware · 2021

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