Parker v. Parker

This case concerns the custody of the eight-year-old son of divorced parents. The wife obtained a divorce on the ground of three years’ voluntary separation, and custody of the child was awarded to her, with rights of visitation to the father. The father appeals; there is no brief or appearance on behalf of the mother.

The evidence shows that the mother, Mrs. Parker, had lived in open adultery with the paramour, a Mr. Carmean, for a period of about a year and a half, but it is not shown that any intimate relations existed prior to the separation of the parties to this suit. 1 The paramour was…