Stetson v. Stetson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. Petition for the custody of Arthur B. Stetson, a minor child, of the petitioner and respondent. In 1883 a divorce was granted the respondent against the-petitioner, and the custody of the minor child was then given to the father. The petitioner resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
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On exceptions. Petition for the custody of Arthur B. Stetson, a minor child, of the petitioner and respondent. In 1883 a divorce was granted the respondent against the-petitioner, and the custody of the minor child was then given to the father. The petitioner resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Upon this petition the court ordered: "Former decree to be-altered and amended so that the mother shall take aud retain, genera] custody of the minor child until further order of court, the father to see the child on reasonable opportunities, aud to take him, if the father desires, into his possession…
1Opinion of the CourtDaneorth, J.
The authority of the court granting a divorce, over the children, is found in R. 8., c. 60, § 17, and is as follows, viz. : " The court making a decree of nullity, or of divorce, may also decree concerning the care, custody, and support of the *485minor children of the parties, and with which parent any of them shall live, and alter the decree from time to time as circumstances require.” We find no qualification or restraint of the power given except such as may be imposed by the sound discretion of the justice presiding. That the result of the decree may cause the removal of the child beyond the…
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