Presutti v. Presutti

This is an appeal from a dissolution decree, rendered by a state referee, in which the defendant mother was given custody of the only child of the marriage, Lena Anne, 1 and the plaintiff father was given the right of reasonable visitation. The practical effect of the custody order was to permit the child to reside in Italy with the defendant. Although other orders were rendered, 2 the appeal by the plaintiff concerns only the trial court’s decision on custody and visitation and its order requiring the plaintiff to pay the defendant’s counsel fees and cost of preparing the transcript.

The…