Proctor v. Proctor

1. Tlie right to control his child until it attains majority is ordinarily in the father. This right of the father may however be lost “by the failure of the father to provide necessaries for his child, or his abandonment of his family.” Civil Code (1910), § 3021.

2. “In all cases where the custody of any minor child or children is involved between the parents, there shall be no prima facie right to the custody of such child or children in the father, but the court hearing such issue of custody may exercise its sound discretion, taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, as…