Clark v. Clark

The power to award the custody of a minor child in a divorce proceeding granted the Trial Court by statute (R. L., c. 339, s. 15; Trow v. Trow, 95 N. H. 529) rests in the sound discretion of the Presiding Justice. Butler v. Butler, 83 N. H. 413, 416; Schouler, Divorce Manual, 441. If there is evidence to support an award thus made by the Trial Court it will not be set aside on appeal, Kennard v. Kennard, 81 N. H. 509; Butler v. Butler, supra; Payette v. Payette, 85 N. H. 297; Ballou v. Ballou, 95 N. H. 105, 106.

The paramount and controlling consideration upon which the Court’s award of…