Jordan v. Jordan

Jenkins, Justice.

On a habeas-corpus petition by the mother of a boy eleven years of age, against her husband, living separately from her without a divorce, the judge awarded custody of the child to the mother, but expressly provided, that, “with a view solely for the best interest of said child, the jurisdiction of said cause is retained,” and that this order should '“continue until the further order of the court.” To this order there was no exception. Three months later, the father filed a petition, which was entitled in the same case, to change the custody of the child, on the grounds that…