Lynn v. Lynn’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““It is urged by the defendant that, the district court of Montgomery county having-first acquired jurisdiction of the parties, and having made an order respecting the custody of the children, under the provisions of section 668 of the Code (Gen. St. 1909, see. 6263), which authorizes the court, when it refuses to grant a divorce, to make such order for custody, maintenance, and education of the children as may be proper, there must necessarily follow a conflict in the jurisdiction of the two courts. We think counsel is mistaken in this view. It will be observed that the trial court in the present case made the same order with respect to the custody of the children that was made by the district court of Montgomery county, giving the control and custody of the children to the mother. Section 672 of the Code (Gen. St. 1909, sec. 6267) provides that when a divorce is granted the court shall make provision for the children, and may modify or change any order in this respect whenever circumstances fender such change proper. There is therefore no reason to apprehend in the future any clash of jurisdiction between the two courts.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Jones