Nicodemus v. Nicodemus

A petition was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County on March 9, 1945, by the appellant, alleging that he and his wife were living apart, that his two daughters, one then 15 and one 11, were away at boarding school, and the younger was shortly to return home for a spring vacation. He asked that the Court assume jurisdiction over the daughters and grant him their temporary and permanent custody. On the strength of this petition, the Court passed an order granting appellant temporary custody, and requiring appellee, his wife, to show cause why he should not have permanent custody.…