In Re Alderman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from judgment of Webb, J., rendered in habeas corpus proceedings 2 August, 1911, from BuNcombe. This is a proceeding in habeas corpus instituted by tbe petitioner, "William F. Alderman, to determine tbe custody of Hugh Alderman, tbe infant son (4 years of age) of petitioner and bis former wife, tbe respondent, Sarab E. Alderman, wbo now resides witb ber child at Brevard, North Carolina.
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Appeal from judgment of Webb, J., rendered in habeas corpus proceedings 2 August, 1911, from BuNcombe. This is a proceeding in habeas corpus instituted by tbe petitioner, "William F. Alderman, to determine tbe custody of Hugh Alderman, tbe infant son (4 years of age) of petitioner and bis former wife, tbe respondent, Sarab E. Alderman, wbo now resides witb ber child at Brevard, North Carolina. Tbe cause was beard, in tbe Superior Court of Buncombe County by bis Honor, Judge Webb, wbo made findings of fact and rendered judgment as follows: This cause coming on to be beard before tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
It appears from the findings of his Honor that the petitioner and respondent were divorced by the courts of the State of Florida, where they resided in 1909 and 1910, at the instance of the respondent, upon the ground of willful, continued, and obstinate desertion by petitioner of his wife and only child, and the general custody of the child was awarded to the mother, who afterwards removed with her child to Brevard, N. 0., where she now resides with her father.
The custody of children in cases of the divorce and separation of their parents is a subject as delicate as any with which courts…
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