SWOPE v. SWOPE

No. 34106.

163 Ohio St. 59 (1955)

SWOPE, APPELLEE, v. SWOPE, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles S. Leasure and Mr. Frank J. Micheli, for appellee.

Messrs. Walters, Stubbins & Ringhisen, for appellant.


WEYGANDT, C. J.

The sole question requiring the attention of this court is that of jurisdiction.

Did the trial court have the jurisdiction to determine the issue of custody of the two minor children?

Both lower courts answered the question in the affirmative, but this court is unanimously of the view that this was error.

The facts are simple.

The family lived in Zanesville, Ohio. After differences arose between the husband and the wife...

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