Templeton v. Templeton

The court found as a fact “that the plaintiff, who was the mother of the minor child of the parties hereto, to wit: Barbara, age nine, is a satisfactory and proper person to raise her said minor child and can provide said child with proper motherly care and suitable housing, educational and recreational facilities in her, the said minor’s, daily life, and that it is and will be to and for the best interest and welfare of said minor child, Barbara Templeton, to be raised by and in the custody of her said mother, the plaintiff herein.”

The principal contention of the father is that the best…