Ballou v. Ballou

In this petition for modification of a court decree the plaintiff seeks custody of his minor child. Currently the defendant has custody under a stipulation incorporated into the court decree that divorced the parties. A hearing on the petition was held before a Master {Earl J. Dearborn, Esq.), who recommended that the petition be denied and that for a period of one year the New Hampshire Division of Welfare regularly check on the child and her home situation and report its findings to the court. A decree was entered accordingly. Plaintiff seasonably excepted to certain rulings of the court,…