Morris v. Morris
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pontotoc County; Geo. C. Crump, Assigned Judge. Petition by Thomas W. M-orris for modification of decree awarding custody of minor child to Rebecca Morris. Prom decree against plaintiff, he brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree awarding the custody of a child. It appears that in October, 1916, a decree of divorce was granted to Rebecca Morris from her husband, Thomas W. Morris, plaintiff in error, and the custody of their minor child, Marjorie, then about three years of age, given to the mother. In August, 1917, the father, Thomas W. Morris, petitioned for a modification of the decree, and asked for the custody of the child himself. The mother and step-father of the child’s mother, that is, the maternal grandmother and step-grandfather of the child, had her actual custody and care at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex Parte AdamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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