Jingling v. Trtanj

This case arises as an aftermath of a divorce proceeding awarding the custody of a one and one-half year-old baby girl (now six years old) to its mother, which custody the father now seeks to have transferred to him, on the sole grounds that the mother has moved to the State of Ohio.

The basic question here involved is to what extent shall a child be treated as a pawn subject to the vacillating of parents unwilling to accept the full responsibilities of parenthood. Two gardeners produced the tender roots of a promising new rose in the garden of life. Then they disagreed and separated, and now…