Metten v. Benge

How courts have described this case

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• a court of equity has power to determine issues of child custody and support between unmarried parents
• action between unmarried cohabitants about care of child supports exercise of equity jurisdiction
• court had jurisdiction because unmarried cohabitants had a cognizable claim in equity to petition for division of property
• action between unmarried cohabitants about care of child supports exercise of equity jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).