141 So. 2d 84 - Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. ““Appellant cites the cases of Willis v. Willis, 209 La. 205 , 24 So.2d 378 , White v. Broussard, 206 La. 25 , 18 So. 2d 641 , and Cannon v. Cannon, 225 La. 874 , 74 So.2d 147 , as authority for his contention that a wife and mother* has the paramount right to the custody of the minor child born of the marriage and this right can only be overcome by showing that the mother is unfit to care for the children. However, these cases are inapposite for the reason that the father in the instant case has a judicial decree granting him the custody of their minor child, whereas in the cited cases the matter was before the court for the first time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Lott v. Courtney