Lawrence v. Lawrence

This case is before us on the respondent's appeal from a final decree as amended in a divorce case. It involves rulings by a justice of the superior court on motions by the petitioner and the respondent affecting the custody and support of their minor children, who' had been removed to another state by the mother without leave of the superior court and without prior knowledge of the respondent. No brief was filed for the petitioner nor was she present or represented by counsel at the hearing on this appeal.

The pertinent facts are as follows. On January 29, 1951 a final decree was entered…