Legal Opinion
Ford v. Ford
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 10, 1962No. 63PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
This is a controversy between a husband and wife over the custody of their three young children which raises questions under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution. Their first litigation was in 1959 when the husband filed in the Richmond Virginia Law and Equity Court a petition for habeas corpus alleging that the wife had the children but was not a suitable person to keep them and asking that they be produced before the court and custody awarded to him. The wife promptly answered, alleging that she was the proper person to have custody of the children and asking…
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