Jose Gonzalez Fantony, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Kathryn B. Fantony, Defendant-Respondent, and Republic of Cuba…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the trial court's award of custody to the mother, holding that New Jersey courts have jurisdiction over a child residing in the state regardless of the parents' foreign domicile, that the Cuban custody decree is not entitled to full faith and credit under comity, and that the child's best interests outweigh the father's misconduct. The court also denied additional counsel fees to the appellant.