CULPEPPER v. MARTINS

Eq. No. 3083.

191 A.2d 285 (1963)

William R. CULPEPPER v. Betty Jeanne MARTINS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macioci and Morrison, Joseph J. Macioci, Newport, for petitioner.

Julius Schaffer, Moore, Virgadamo, Boyle & Lynch, Francis J. Boyle, Newport, for respondent.


PAOLINO, Justice.

This case involves the custody of the two minor children of the petitioner and the respondent, formerly husband and wife. The case is before us on the respondent's appeal from a decree of the family court granting the petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and denying and dismissing the respondent's motion for the custody of the children.

The petitioner, who is an officer in the naval forces of this country, was stationed in Puerto...

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