In Re the Custody of Marlowe

Judge Falls was correct in holding that the Florida decree of divorce was final, but the control and custody of minor children cannot be determined finally. Changed conditions will always justify inquiry by the courts in the interest and welfare of the children, and decrees may be entered as often as the facts justify. 27 B C.J.S., Divorce, Sec. 317(1).

This case is quite similar to that of Richter v. Harmon, 243 N.C. 373, 90 S.E. 2d 744, which was also a case involving the custody of a child then in North Carolina whose custody had been awarded to the mother by a Florida court. The child was…