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After Her Child

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
June
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Mrs. Lawrence Now Divorced Takes Possession of Her Son.

Mrs. Estella W. Lawrence, of Milan, and her attorney Frank Jones, of the firm of Randall & Jones, left Wednesday for Owosso for the purpose of securing possession of Mrs. Lawrence's four year old son, who has been staying with his grandfather Postmaster Lawrence, of Owosso. Mrs. Lawrence secured a decree of divorce from her husband Frank C. Lawrence, on Monday. Her bill showed a rather unusual state of affairs. After making various charges of cruelty she stated that at one time her husband came home and said that he had used money belonging to his firm and he proposed leaving her unless she would sign a paper giving the custody of their child to his parents and in addition to this he would give her $600. Believing that by her doing so she could paucity her husband Mrs. Lawrence, then on a visit to Owosso, signed a paper draw up by Watson & Chapman, attorneys of that city. They returned home and after a few weeks' time Mr. Lawrence left his wife. When the case was heard Mrs. Lawrence's solicitors, Randall & Jones, contended that the agreement was against public policy and void. The decree granted in the case was satisfactory to the husband. It provides that Mrs. Lawrence shall have the custody of her boy, but that during the vacation, the father is to have the privilege of taking the boy for a two weeks' visit. Much sympathy is felt in the case. Mrs. Lawrence is much respected by those that know her. Her husband's parents are among the best people of Owosso and the troubles of their son carne as a great surprise.