Dibiano v. Dibiano

Pee Cueiam.

Plaintiff appeals from a Chancery Division judgment awarding custody of his then six-year-old son Pasquale (Pat) to defendant, the child’s mother and plaintiff’s former wife. The judgment was stayed pending appeal to this court.

The parties were married on October 18, 1959 and had two children, Frank Jr., born the next year, and Pat, born in January 1962. The family lived in Asbury Park, F. J. until December 1, 1962 when defendant took the two children to Miami, Fla. Plaintiff followed them in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade defendant to return to this State with the children.…