Treff v. Treff

On the defendant-appellant’s application to enlarge his right of visitation of the child as provided by the judgment in the separation action entered in 1954, the primary concern of the court is the interest and welfare of the child. We consider that the mutual recriminations of the parties which tend to keep uppermost their own matrimonial controversy and to submerge the child’s interest, preclude adequate consideration of this basic problem on affidavits. A careful examination of the facts concerning the present needs and requirements of the child and the present problem of providing for…