Sherwood v. Sherwood

This case raises the question; Does a court which has once entered a valid divorce decree awarding custody of a child, have jurisdiction to modify that decree after the child has been removed to another state and has acquired a new residence and domicile?

On November 30, 1954, the plaintiff, Byrne N. Sherwood, obtained a divorce from the defendant, Dorothy B. Sherwood. The court found that both parents were fit and proper persons to have custody of the minor child, Byrne N. Sherwood, Jr., six and one half years of age, and awarded the child to the plaintiff with rights of visitation and…