Case Name: Jane E. Gilson vs. James E. Gilson
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1918-12-13
Citations: 2 Super. Ct. (R.I.) 13
Docket Number: No. 10407
Parties: Jane E. Gilson vs. James E. Gilson
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Superior Court Rescripts
Volume: 2
Pages: 13–13

Head Matter:
Jane E. Gilson vs. James E. Gilson
Div.
No. 10407
December 13, 1918
For petitioner: William G. Troy.
For respondent: Patrick E. Dillon.

Opinion:
RESCRIIPT
SWEENEY. J.
Heard on petition for an absolute divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty and neglect to provide, and for the custody of a minor child.
The ground of extreme cruelty was abandoned and the trial proceeded on the ground of neglect to provide. Much testimony was introduced but the Court has duly considered all of the evidence, and in its judgment the fair preponderance of the evidence proves, that the petitioner has supported herself and child for more than three years last past and that the respondent has been capable of supporting them during this time but that he has neglected to do so.
The respondent claimed that the petitioner is not a proper person to have the custody of their child, but the Court is of the opinion that she will give the child better care and attention than he would give it, and that it will be for the best interests of the child to remain with her mother.
The petition is therefore granted on the ground of neglect to provide necessaries for the subsistence of the petitioner, and the petitioner is awarded the custody of the child until the further order of Court, with the privilege to the respondent to see the child at reasonable times.