Legal Opinion
D'Aoust
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 27, 1951PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, J.
On exceptions. The care and custody of a minor child of parents living apart was given to the father by decree of the Judge of Probate upon the petition of the father under R. S. Chap. 153, Sec. 19, as amended. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Probate the decree was reversed and custody awarded to the mother.
The governing principles are familiar and well estab*444lished. “The paramount consideration for the court . . . . is the present and future welfare and well-being of the child.” Grover v. Grover, 143 Me. 34. “This Court can not review the findings of a single justice on questions of fact.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Merchant v. BussellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942
- Mitchell v. MitchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1940
- Bond v. BondSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1928
- Stanley v. PenleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1946
- Grover v. GroverSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1947
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1960
- Dumais v. DumaisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1956
- Ouelette v. PageauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
- State v. HarndenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1958