Legal Opinion

Gillett v. Bryant

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 5, 1917No. Gen. No. 22,228PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frederick A. Smith, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom

3. Divobce, § 153*—when mother preferred over paternal grandmother as to custody of children. All things being equal as between the mother and the paternal grandmother of children of tender years, the mother has the preference In law in the matter of the custody and nurture of the children. , 4. Divobce—what is effect of marriage of divorced mother to alien on right to custody of children. The fact that a woman’s husband is a British subject, and that by her marriage with him her political status follows his, will not, while they live together within the jurisdiction of a domestic court,…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hanson v. HansonNebraska Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Schneider v. HassonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1932
  3. Buehler v. BuehlerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1939
  4. Williams v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
  5. People ex rel. Gaddis v. GaddisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1926

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