Legal Opinion
Finlay v. Finlay
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 15, 1925PublishedCited by 356 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCabdozo, J.
The case is here upon defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Plaintiff, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, brings this action against his wife, who is living in New York, for judgment regulating the custody of their infant children.
Husband and wife formerly had their home together in Westchester county, New York. In the early part of 1923 the wife left the husband, taking the children with her, and since then has refused to live with him. Following this abandonment, the husband went to St. Louis, where he still maintains Ms home. The children are with their mother in Westchester…
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