Legal Opinion

Easterling v. Caton

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 25, 1954No. 5 Div. 543PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWYN, Justice.

On January 9, 1945, appellant was granted a divorce from appellee on the ground of adultery. The decree also provided that appellant should have custody of the parties’ daughter, then two years of age, “until the further orders of the court”, with the right of the mother to “visit and see said child at reasonable times and have said child visit her for at least two Sundays in each month”. On January 18, 1947, that decree was amended and modified to the extent that the father, appellant here, was “to have the sole custody, control and pos session of said child” and the mother,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Murphree v. HansonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  2. Greene v. GreeneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Sparkman v. SparkmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  4. Bridges v. BridgesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  5. Hardy v. HardySupreme Court of Alabama · 1948

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Frye v. FryeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  2. Long v. O'MARYSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. Mason v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
  4. Statham v. StathamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  5. Harrison v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966

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