Green v. Green

Oxner, Justice.

This action was brought on February 17, 1953, by a wife against her husband for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the grounds of physical cruelty and desertion, and for the custody of their six-year-old daughter. The complaint was later amended by adding habitual drunkenness as a ground for the relief sought. The husband denied all of these charges and by way of cross-action sought a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery, and asked that he be given custody of the child. Thereafter an order was issued granting temporary custody of the child to the mother and allowing…