Legal Opinion

Mazur v. Lazarus

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 8, 1964No. 3359PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAYTON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the maternal grandmother from a decree awarding custody of her two grandsons, ages IS and 9, to their father. (The boys’ mother died in 1956).

On December 6, 1961, the grandmother •filed a complaint seeking custody and maintenance. At the start of a hearing held September 4, 1962, it was orally stipulated that custody was to remain with the grandmother and that the claim for support was the only issue to be tried. After a lengthy hearing the judge held that the parties had put custody in issue, and awarded custody to the father.

Plaintiff then filed a motion…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fewel v. FewelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Kesseler v. KesselerNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
  3. Boone v. BooneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  4. In Re the Custody of GuptonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  5. Williams v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Gilmore v. GilmoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Malone v. MaloneSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
  3. In re HoffmanOhio Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Kelley v. KelleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2007
  5. Duro v. DuroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984

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