Allen v. Allen

This is an appeal by the libellee from an adverse decree on her petition for modification of an earlier decree pertaining to the custody of the children of the libellant and libellee. The parties were married on July 23, 1941. Three children were born of the marriage, Penelope Diane in 1942, Perry Douglas in 1943, and Dana Crouse in 1945. A decree nisi for divorce on a libel alleging cruel and abusive treatment was awarded the libellant on June 11, 1946. Custody of Penelope was awarded to the paternal grandmother and custody of the two boys to the maternal grandmother, the libellant being…