Hawkins v. Hawkins

The appellant was granted a divorce from the appellee upon the ground of cruelty. She had two children, the elder being eighteen months of age and the younger one an infant. The .trial court awarded the appellant the entire custody of the younger child, but directed an equal division of time as to the custody of the elder, an eighteen months old male child, and it is from this part of the decree alone that this appeal is taken.

It is the well-established rule that, in determining who should have the custody of children, the best interest and welfare of the child should be the controlling or…