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· 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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