HASTINGS v. HASTINGS


45 So.2d 115 (1950)

HASTINGS v. HASTINGS.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

March 17, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.L. Lee, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Frank T. Cannon, Jacksonville, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the husband, defendant below, from a final decree of divorce which awarded custody of the children to the plaintiff wife.

We have often announced the general rule of law that the determination of custody of children lies within the wise discretion of the Chancellor. Frazier v. Frazier, 109 Fla. 164, 147 So. 464. See Dobbs v. Kelly, Fla., 39 So.2d 479 (in which the Chancellor was reversed...

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