Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Grimes
New York Family Court
Decided June 19, 1972PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStanley Gautenstein, J.
The petitioner in this custody proceeding invokes an ingenious theory as a vehicle through which he seeks to have this court exercise jurisdiction.
Petitioner is the natural father of the infant Edward Lawrence Armstrong. Respondents are maternal grandparents who now have de facto custody of the infant as a result of the death of their daughter, the infant’s mother, who died on August 29, 1971 as an apparent suicide while living with respondents. The deceased mother had custody of said infant by virtue of either of two judgments to be discussed herein.
On April 8, 1969, the deceased mother, as…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Johnson v. MuelbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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