Legal Opinion

Monacelli v. Monacelli

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 31, 1972No. 6004PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAIR, Associate Judge.

This appeal is from an order entered August 3, 1971, in respect to the custody of three minor children born of the marriage of appellant and appellee.

It appears that, by order entered in the Family Division of the Superior Court on October 16, 1969, the father of the children (appellee) was awarded an absolute divorce from appellant on the ground of desertion and was awarded also custody of the three children. Influencing the court in its initial disposition of the marital dispute were findings that appellant had (1) deserted appellee and removed the children from the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Coles v. ColesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
  2. Waggaman v. ForstmannDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
  3. Dorsett v. DorsettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  4. McFarland v. GregoryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
  5. Faunce v. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bazemore v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. Nelson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. Utley v. UtleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Hill v. HillCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1997
  5. Bazemore v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978

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