Cox v. Cox

The litigation involved on this appeal in regard to the custody of Maurine Cox, the daughter of the appellant Lorraine M. Cox and the appellee Dr. Ralph Cox, Jr., was first heard in the court of the Burrough of Manhattan, City of New York, upon a petition for divorce from bed and board filed by the appellant on August 7, 1952. The appellant and appellee were married in the City of Hamburg, State of New York, on May 16, 1951, and their child Maurine was born on January 2, 1952. A judgment was rendered by the New York court on February 20, 1953, upon the petition of the appellant Lorraine M.…