APPEAL OF D'AOUST


82 A.2d 409 (1951)

Appeal of D'AOUST.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gendron, Fenderson & McDougal, Sanford, for appellant.

Lausier & Donahue, Biddeford, for appellee.

Before MURCHIE, C. J., and THAXTER, FELLOWS, MERRILL, NULTY, WILLIAMSON, JJ.


WILLIAMSON, Justice.

On exceptions. The care and custody of a minor child of parents living apart was given to the father by decree of the Judge of Probate upon the petition of the father under R. S. Ch. 153, Sec. 19, as amended. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Probate the decree was reversed and custody awarded to the mother.

The governing principles are familiar and well established. "The paramount consideration for the court * * * is the present and future...

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