Harris v. Harris

A determination of the questions presented by the appeal herein requires a statement of the history of antecedent proceedings in this case. On August 13,1947, Myrtle Harris, plaintiff, filed a petition for divorce from Bernard Harris, defendant, and for custody of the seven minor children of the parties. A decree was entered on October 10, 1947, granting a divorce to plaintiff. She was also awarded the custody of the children. On April 30, 1948, the defendant filed a petition in which he requested that the custody of three of the children of the parties be awarded to him. On August 6, 1948,…