GELMI v. GELMI

No. 2712.

172 A.2d 888 (1961)

June R. GELMI, Appellant, v. Ottavio GELMI, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Alexander, Washington, D. C., with whom Walter W. Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Arthur B. Hanson, Washington, D. C., with whom Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


QUINN, Associate Judge.

The parties, husband and wife, became estranged in the fall of 1957. Some six months after their separation they executed an agreement purporting to settle their various marital rights. Of the twelve provisions, four related to the custody and maintenance of the parties' infant daughter, then almost three years old. Paragraph 3 of the agreement committed "legal custody" of the child to appellant; paragraph 4 divided "physical custody" between...

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