Burden v. Burden

The parties to this suit, now divorced, are the parents of the three minor children, aged 6, 9 and 13, whose custody is here involved. The father appeals from a decree of the Chancery Court awarding custody to the mother and enjoining Mm from prosecuting a habeas corpus proceeding, predicated on a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lorain County, Ohio, instituted in the County Court of Cumberland County to obtain custody. We refer to the mother as complainant and the father as defendant.

Prior to 1952 or 1953 when they moved with their children to Lorain County, Ohio, to obtain employment,…