McDonald v. McDonald

This is a divorce suit in which the court granted the husband a divorce and. gave the wife custody of the child of the parties. The husband appeals from that portion of the decree giving custody of the child to the wife and allowing her an attorney’s fee.

The parties were married in Salem on May 11,1956. No children were bom to the marriage. The child, Katherine, whose custody is in dispute, is the natural child of the defendant and was adopted by the husband after his marriage to the defendant. The child is now about nine years of age.

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