Schmidt v. Schmidt

This appeal involves the right of custody of Dale Schmidt, a ten-year-old boy, the son of Pearl Schmidt, now Pearl Rowell, appellee herein, and Aage Schmidt, appellant herein. In 1946, in the circuit court of Lake county, Illinois, Aage Schmidt obtained a decree of divorce from his wife, Pearl Schmidt, on a counterclaim on the ground of desertion. Both parties then lived at Highland Park, Illinois, in Lake county, where Aage Schmidt has continuously resided. There appears to have been very little controversy over the divorce proceedings, and under the decree Pearl Schmidt was awarded custody…