· 2/18/1959
Melton v. Connolly
Citations
- 148 A.2d 387
- 219 Md. 184
- 1959 Md. LEXIS 336
How courts have described this case
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- encouraging visitation with father but ruling that child’s having lived in a clean and nurturing environment with deceased mother's sister and family for a four-and-one-half-year period rendered it in child’s best interest to remain with aunt despite father’s petition for custody
- in most cases, a child should be raised with his or her brothers and sisters
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Judges: Henderson, Hammond, Prescott, Horney
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