Hachez v. Hachez

The question for decision is whether the chancellor had jurisdiction to entertain a petition for custody of Maria Hachez, an infant child (of the age of five years) of petitioner and defendant. The advisory master rejected defendan't challenge to the jurisdiction.

These are the allegations of fact made in the petition:

Petitioner, a native and inhabitant of the Republic of Cuba, was temporarily a "resident" of the borough of the Bronx, in the city and State of New York. The infant child was the only issue of the marriage between her and defendant. She and defendant, a citizen of Germany, were…