Frank v. Frank

This appeal is from an order transferring custody of a child of divorced parents from the father to the mother.

The parties were married in July, 1955, and were divorced in July, 1958. The decree awarded to the plaintiff father the custody of their only child, a boy born in August, 1956. Following the divorce, defendant was married to the man by whom she was pregnant when divorced. She gave birth to a female child in January, 1959. In May, 1959, she petitioned the chancellor for a modification of the custody order so that she might have custody of the boy. The decretal order of custody was…