Minetree v. Minetree

There are no subjects upon which the conscience of the courts should be more tender than those relating to the custody, support, and adoption of infants. The human soul is capable of no sentiment more noble and unselfish than that of love for little children. With animals, the love of offspring- is the instinct which preserves their species, and the human race would not survive without it. Certainly, humanity’s progress towards civilization has been aided by this love, and the law here under review is a recognition of it, and, in my opinion, the law should not be whittled away by technical…