von Bernuth v. von Bernuth
| Decision Date | 16 July 1909 |
| Parties | VON BERNUTH v. VON BERNUTH. |
| Court | New Jersey Court of Chancery |
Suit by Pauline S. Von Bernuth against Frederick A. Von Bernuth. Application by defendant for an order giving him a right of access to and custody of children on terms to be determined by the court. Application denied.
See, also, 73 Atl. 1049.
Thomas L. Raymond, for complainant Borden D. Whiting and Mr. Strong, for defendant.
HOWELL, V. C. A divorce suit was brought in favor of the petitioner against the defendant in October, 1908. The defendant has answered, and the cause has been set down for final hearing. On June 15, 1909, the defendant, the husband, filed his petition in the divorce suit, praying for an order giving to the husband the right of access to and custody of his children upon such terms and in such manner as to the court might seem just and proper. On the presentation of the petition an order was made directing that a writ of habeas corpus issue to bring the children before the court. This writ was made returnable on June 23, 1909, and was returned on that day by the mother, who therewith produced the children in court. They are two boys, one about 15 years of age and the other about 10. The application of the father was strenuously resisted.
I submitted the children to a private examination, lasting the better part of a half hour. They exhibited extreme hatred and contempt of their father, and absolutely refused to see him or to be seen by him. I urged upon them the duty which they were under to attempt to reconcile their parents, and endeavored to have them consent to spend the mouth of August with their father at their paternal grandfather's summer residence in the state of New Hampshire; this having been suggested in the petition and proposed in open court. The children declined these propositions and absolutely refused to entertain them or to see the father under any circumstances. I thought that I was able to perceive that the mother had been exercising an adverse influence over the children, because it is quite unnatural that children of 15 and 10 years of age should exhibit toward their father the hatred which these two boys seemed to bear toward theirs. Under these circumstances I do not see how the court could reasonably grant the prayer of the petition. I think the result is wholly chargeable to the mother, and under the circumstances I see no reason why the father should be compelled to support children who thus...
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