IN RE STEVENS


27 N.J. Super. 130 (1953)

99 A.2d 391

IN THE MATTER OF THE CUSTODY OF CORRINE STEVENS. MARY HNATEW, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN STEVENS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John E. Selser argued the cause for the defendant-appellant.

Mr. Joseph W. Tumulty argued the cause for the plaintiff-respondent (Mr. William E. Decker, attorney).

Before Judges CLAPP, STANTON and WOODS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by STANTON, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).

This is an appeal from an order of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Bergen County. An action was commenced there by Mary Hnatew, maternal grandmother of Corrine Stevens, aged six years, for the custody of the child under the provisions of R.S. 9:2-9 and 10. It was charged in the complaint that John Stevens, father and custodian of the child whose mother died in 1951...

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