Commonwealth ex rel. Jacobson v. Jacobson

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The present contest between these parents over the custody of their children began on October 15, 1952 when the father petitioned the court for an order under the Act of June 26, 1895, P. L. 316, 48 PS §92, *371giving the stamp of judicial approval to custody of his children which he had arrogated to himself on separating from his wife. This proceeding by the husband inspired a counter habeas corpus proceeding by the wife, on the next day, in which she sought to regain possession of her children.

Following their marriage on June 28, 1946, the parties lived in a dwelling at 5665…