MARSHALL v. STEFANIDES

No. 276, September Term, 1972.

17 Md. App. 364 (1973)

302 A.2d 682

ROSEANNE C. MARSHALL v. JON STEFANIDES.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Argued on December 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Newton Jackson, III, with whom were Webb, Burnett & Simpson on the brief, for appellant.

Fulton P. Jeffers, with whom were Hearne, Fox & Bailey on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOYLAN, POWERS and GILBERT, JJ., and reargued on March 8, 1973, before ORTH, C.J., and MORTON, THOMPSON, MOYLAN, POWERS, CARTER, GILBERT, MENCHINE, SCANLAN and DAVIDSON, JJ.


GILBERT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal involves the custody of children in the context of "[t]hose two fatal words, Mine and Thine."1 The Circuit Court for Wicomico County and this Court are compelled to assume the role of Alexander and cut the Gordian knot2 the parties have managed to tie.

Roseanne C. Marshall (Roseanne) and Jon Stefanides (Jon) began dating in 1962, when both...

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