Commonwealth Ex Rel. Keer v. Cress

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

The parents of the two children involved in this custody case are divorced. While they were married, but separated, the father brought this habeas corpus action against the mother to obtain custody of their daughters, now 10 and 13 years of age. After several hearings, Delaware County Orphans’ Court Judge van Roden, specially presiding in the Court of Common Pleas of that county, awarded each of the parents custody of one child, giving visitation rights to the parent not having custody. The arrangement proved unsatisfactory.

After further hearings, the court entered an…