Legal Opinion
Ruck v. Ruck
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 14, 1956No. 3 Div. 687PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWYN, Justice.
The appellant, Pauline J. Ruck, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Montgomery County seeking custody of her two children, Leslie and Evelyn, who were 8 and 6 years of age, respectively, when the proceeding was instituted. The appellee, Joseph W. Ruck, is appellant’s divorced husband and the father of said children.
In June, 1951, the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, rendered a decree granting a divorce to Mrs. Ruck on the ground of cruelty. The divorce decree awarded the care, custody and education of said children to their father, who…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Waters v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, PaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Willingham v. WillinghamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Sheehy v. SheehySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1936
- Callen v. GillSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1951
- Hicks v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Anonymous v. AnonymousSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa. v. DevineSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Mason v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Eaton v. SheneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Silavent v. SilaventSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
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