Commonwealth Ex Rel. Doberstein v. Doberstein

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, in a habeas corpus case, denying the petition brought by Eileen Doberstein, the appellant relatrix, mother of the minor children, Mary Eileen and Margaret, age 13 and 9, respectively, and awarding their custody to their father, Fred J. Doberstein, the appellee respondent.

The mother is 35 years of age. She resides at Yardley and Langhorne Roads, Woodside, Pennsylvania. She is employed as a nurse at the Mercer Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey and earns approximately $5000 yearly. The father…