In re Standish
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Hazel Simons Truitt from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Dutchess Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 23d day of August, 1920, awarding the custody of the above-named infant to Myles W. Standish.
1Opinion of the Court
Jaycox, J.:
The appellant is the maternal aunt of the infant Mary Elizabeth Standish, whose custody is in controversy in this proceeding. The relator resides in Detroit, Mich., where he married Mary Simons November 11, 1914. This marriage did not prove to be a happy one, and after a few months they separated. In October, 1915, while they were still separated, Mary Simons Standish gave birth to the above-mentioned infant. After the birth of said child the relator contributed nothing to her support or that of her mother, and in 1917 the mother of said infant instituted an action for divorce…
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