Fantony v. Fantony

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Oliphant, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, awarding the custody of an infant child to the defendant-respondent mother. The Republic of Cuba was permitted to intervene below since the plaintiff-appellant is a national of that country. We certified the appeal here on our own motion. R. R. 1:10-1 (a).

The appellant married the respondent, who prior to her marriage was a United States citizen and a resident of this State, on July 9, 1948, in Havana, Cuba. They cohabited there until the early part of January 1952.…