Nielsen v. Nielsen

This proceeding involves the alleged dependency and custody of the two-year old daughter of plaintiff in error. By order of the county court of Adams county, the child was decreed to be dependent and its custody was awarded to the paternal grandmother, Martha C. Miller, one of the defendants in error. The other defendant in error, Raymond C. Nielsen, the child’s father, is now in the United States armed forces. The action is brought here for a review of the order of the trial court refusing to vacate its decree of dependency and order awarding custody to the grandmother.

As a background, it…