Baker v. Baker

Howell, V. C.

The parties to this controversy are husband and wife; they are now living separate from each other; they have two children, one about six years of age, which was born out of wedlock, and is therefore illegitimate, and the other about three years of age, whose legitimacy is not questioned. The father now petitions the court first for the custody of the children, and second, in case the custody shall be denied, for reasonable access to them. *136The case was heard on petition and answer thereto and a replication. The answer alleges as one reason why the father ought not to have…