Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Stanley H. Nordstrand for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Bring up the Body of Joyce Ann Nordstrand, an Infant, for the Purpose of Awarding the Custody of Said Infant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-03-25
Citations: 254 A.D. 646
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Stanley H. Nordstrand for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Bring up the Body of Joyce Ann Nordstrand, an Infant, for the Purpose of Awarding the Custody of Said Infant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 646–646

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Stanley H. Nordstrand for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Bring up the Body of Joyce Ann Nordstrand, an Infant, for the Purpose of Awarding the Custody of Said Infant.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: The trial justice has conducted a further hearing in this proceeding exactly as we intended it to be conducted by our order of May 12,1937. [See 251 App. Div. 787.] By that order we intended to determine that on the record before us, the petitioner was entitled to the custody of the child. It was only because a considerable lapse of time had followed the original hearing that we directed a further hearing. Our order, as we intended and as we construe it, was equivalent to a granting of the writ with a suspension of its operation until the parties had had an opportunity to show whether or not a change in conditions had occurred subsequent to the date of the original hearing. All concur. (The order grants custody of an infant to petitioner.) Present — Sears, P. J., Crosby, Lewis, Cunningham and Dowling, JJ.