Legal Opinion
Kesseler v. Kesseler
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 11, 1962PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVah Voorhis, J.
The decision involves the modification of a separation decree by granting custody to the father of a girl who was six years old at the time of the trial at Special Term and is ten years old today. During four years prior to this decision at Special Term rendered May 26, 1958 (11 Misc 2d 607, the order entered on which was affirmed by the Appellate Division, 10 A D 2d 935), custody of this child, named Heidi, was with the mother after the couple separated in 1954. The separation decree, entered in 1955, originally awarded custody to the mother, which was confirmed in her by another Special…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Fewel v. FewelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
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