Mandelstam v. Mandelstam

I must respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in this case as I strongly feel it does a great injustice to the litigant, Dr. Paul Mandelstam, and distorts the law of this jurisdiction relative to the right of a parent to have custody of an infant child.

The facts of the case are accurately stated in the majority opinion, therefore, I will make no restatement of the facts.

*789The chancellor made no finding that the father was unfit to have custody of the child. The evidence would not support such finding had it been made by the chancellor. The truth of the matter is that there is not one…