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JACOBS v. JACOBS

507 A.2d 596 (1986)

Patricia K. JACOBS v. Bertram H. JACOBS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cloutier, Joyce, Dumas & David, P.A., Edward David, (orally), Livermore Falls, for plaintiff.

Marcou & Marcou, Louis R. Marcou, (orally), Waterville, Potter & Jamieson, Roderick H. Potter, Saco, for Amicus Curiae, Coalition Organized for Parental Equality.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN and GLASSMAN, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Husband Bertram Jacobs appeals from the divorce judgment entered by the Superior Court (Franklin County) in the divorce action brought by his wife, Patricia Jacobs. He contends (a) that he has a constitutional right to joint or shared custody of the couple's three minor children and that the divorce judgment infringed upon that right by granting primary custody to Mrs. Jacobs; and (b) that the Superior Court abused its discretion in the alimony...

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