Legal Opinion
McGaffin v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 19, 1984No. 11976PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
This appeal involves a habeas corpus action instituted by the plaintiff, William McGaffin (father), to obtain custody of Cathy McGaffin (child), his four year old daughter, after the death of Lena McGaffin (mother), the child’s mother who was the plaintiff’s divorced wife. The habeas corpus was brought against the defendant, Cathy Roberts, the maternal grandmother (grandmother), who contested the action and requested that she be awarded custody. The trial court, after a full hearing, awarded custody to the grandmother with rights of visitation in the father as specified in its memorandum of…
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