Almond v. Almond

MARTIN (Harry C.), Judge.

Defendant argues three assignments of error on appeal. The first two assignments challenge the trial court’s conclusions that plaintiff was a fit and proper person to have custody and that it was in the best interest of the minor children for them to be placed in plaintiff’s custody. Defendant contends these findings were in error in light of plaintiff’s open and continuous cohabitation with another male person.

“[T]he welfare of the infants themselves is the polar star by which the discretion of the courts is to be guided” in determining questions of their custody. In…