Gallagher v. Gallagher
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: Henry Graass, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from those portions of a divorce judgment which give to the respondent the custody of the minor child of the parties for a limited time and which finally divide and distribute the property of the defendant. The plaintiff sued for and defendant counterclaimed for divorce, each charging cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: Henry Graass, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from those portions of a divorce judgment which give to the respondent the custody of the minor child of the parties for a limited time and which finally divide and distribute the property of the defendant. The plaintiff sued for and defendant counterclaimed for divorce, each charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff was granted judgment for absolute divorce from the defendant. The court’s findings on the issue of cruel and inhuman treatment and the judgment as to the divorce are…
1Opinion of the CourtSxebectcer, C. J.
The court awarded custody of the four-yeár-old son of the parties to the plaintiff “until said *34child is old enough to live with its father, when, upon proper showing, the custody of said child will be changed.” Defendant is given the right to visit and have the child with him at reasonable times within the limits of Brown county. The judgment also provides that defendant pay plaintiff $20 per month for. the care and maintenance of the boy while the child resides with plaintiff in Brown county. It is urged that this determination of the court is not just and proper in view of the…
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