Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1931

Backhaut v. Backhaut

Backhaut v. Backhaut
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 15, 1931
234 A.D. 711
Backhaut v. Backhaut

Opinion of the Court

Order amending separation decree reversed upon the law and the facts and writ dismissed, without costs and without prejudice to an application to modify the final decree. The procedure attempted by writ of habeas corpus, without allegations affecting the best interests of the child, was improper. (People ex rel. Strauss v. Steindler, 223 App. Div. 230.) Lazansky, P. J., Young, Kapper, Carswell and Davis, JJ., concur.

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