Cooke v. Cooke

In this jurisdiction, in actions involving the right to the custody of minors — especially children of tender years — it has become elementary that the best interests of the child, present and future, shall be the guiding star in controlling the court’s conclusions. Stanford v. Gray, 42 Utah, 228, 129 P. 423, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 989; Hummel v. Parrish, 43 Utah, 373, 134 P. 898; Dorsey v. Dorsey, 52 Utah, 73, 172 P. 722; Farmer v. Christensen, 55 Utah, 1, 183 P. 328; Kurtz v. Christensen, 61 Utah, 1, 209 P. 340; Alley v. Alley, — Utah, —, 247 P. 301 (not yet officially reported). It has not…