VILAKAZI v. MAXIE


371 Mass. 406 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 763

THEMBA G. VILAKAZI vs. CAROL M. VILAKAZI MAXIE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen Lasker for Carol M. Vilakazi Maxie.

Elaine M. Moriarty for Themba G. Vilakazi.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


QUIRICO, J.

This is a petition entered in the Probate Court on May 10, 1973, by the father of a female child, then almost three years of age, asking that he be granted custody of the child and naming the mother of the child as respondent. After several temporary orders and other interlocutory proceedings thereon, and a hearing on the merits, a judge of the Probate Court entered a decree on December 5, 1974, granting the father and his second wife "custody and possession...

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