Ward v. Ward
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition under V. S. 2699, for tbe custody of minor children of the parties. Heard at the September Term, 1897, Washington County, Ross, C. J., presiding. The question and its disposition are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The parties are husband and wife. The petition is for the custody of their minor children. The petitionee left the state immediately after the petition and summons were served upon him, taking the children with him; and for this the court below forthwith adjudged him in contempt and not entitled to participate by counsel in the hearing, until he should be present in person and have the children within the jurisdiction of the court. It does not appear that the court, after refusing to allow the petitionee to participate in the hearing by counsel, proceeded to hear the petitioner, or that it…
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