Legal Opinion
Dawn v. Dawn
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 28, 1952No. 11105PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
A judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granting an absolute divorce to a husband also awarded him permanent custody of a minor child, but allowed the wife to seethe child at reasonable times. This appeal questions the validity of a subsequent order which permitted the wife to have custody of the child during two week ends each, month.
The wife, Verna J. Dawn, had sued for a limited divorce on the ground of cruelty and the husband, James E. Dawn, Jr., had filed a separate suit for an absolute divorce charging desertion. Each…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Boone v. BooneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Cook v. CookCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Wedderburn v. WedderburnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1917
- Church v. ChurchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
- Heavrin v. SpicerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1920
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3Cited by10 opinions
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, Mike Trbovich v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Houger v. HougerAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
- Kraft v. KraftDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Rice v. RiceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Cobbe Ex Rel. Cobbe v. CobbeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
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