Starr v. Gorman.
Decision Date | 04 January 1945 |
Docket Number | No. 205.,205. |
Citation | 40 A.2d 564 |
Parties | STARR et al. v. GORMAN. |
Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
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Appeal from Court of Chancery.
Proceeding on application of Abraham Starr and another, the maternal grandparents of Barbara Gorman, against Jack Gorman, the father of such child, for legal custody of the child. From a decree denying the application, petitioners appeal.
Affirmed.
Emanuel Gersten, of Hillside (Louis B. Zavin, of Hillside, of counsel), for appellant.
Samuel Levin, of Newark, for respondent.
On appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery advised by Grosman, A. M., who filed the following opinion:
‘The underlying facts are these:
‘The grandparents' application for custody is based upon their contention that the father abandoned his child and that it would be for the best interests of...
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