Bethany Farmer is the six-year-old daughter of Linda Farmer, her white mother, and Billie Farmer, her black father. In this action for divorce both parents seek custody of Bethany. An uncommonly long and bitter nonjury trial was centered on the father's contention that the best interests of this child of an interracial marriage can be achieved only by awarding custody to him, the parent with whom she will be racially identified by a racially...
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