Daubert v. Daubert

OppenhEimer, J.,

delivered the majority opinion of the Court. Hammond, J., dissents. Dissenting opinion at p. 310,

This case involves the custody of a six year old boy whose parents have been divorced. The parents, John M. Daubert and Patricia G. Williams, were married on December 14, 1952. *304They have three children, two daughters, Debra and Darlene, now eleven and! four years old respectively, and a son, Michael. The Dauberts separated in 1961. On April 2, 1963, the father, John Daubert, obtained a decree of absolute divorce on the ground of constructive desertion. The wife did not oppose the…