Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sabath v. Mendelson

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

We are here concerned with a controversy involving the custody of Nancy Ellen Sabath, aged ten years. The contesting parties are Dan O. Sabath, the natural father, and Herbert H. Mendelson, a brother of the child’s deceased mother. On March 27, 1958, the court below entered an order awarding custody to the father, and granting liberal visitation rights to the Mendelson family. Included in the order, inter alia, was a requirement that the father file a compliance bond. The maternal uncle immediately appealed. After hearing argument, all of this on the same day, we granted…