Commonwealth Ex Rel. Graham v. Graham

Dissenting Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bell:

The decision of this Court awarding custody of a child four and one-half years old to a great-grandfather, aged 78, instead of to his mother, is, according to all human experience, directly contrary to the best interests and welfare of a young child. A fortiori is this so when the great-grandfather subsists on old age assistance and the child and he share a bedroom in a three-room house where there is no water, no lights, and no bathroom; and no woman to help care for him.

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