Palmer v. Palmer

This is an appeal from an amended decree dated May 8, 1964, awarding guardianship and custody of a minor child to the mother incident to the granting of a divorce a vinculo matrimonii to the father on the ground of the wife’s adultery.

The pathetic facts of this case unfold a story which may be summarized as follows. The parties were married in 1954, a son, Douglas Gordon Palmer, was born of the marriage and was seven years of age at the time of the taking of testimony in open court. During the first years of their marriage, the parties lived together normally, making their home in Prince…