Harriet S. Daggett

Reflections on the Law of the Family

parent and child, while others are more remotely allied, such as breach of the marriage promise, alienation of affection, insanity, and drunkenness. Even within so accepted a bracket as parent and child are included, for example, the illegitimate child and the concubine, not suggestive to many minds of the family. As it is impossible to give even a cursory statement regarding each and every topic under family law in an article of this length, the attempt, then, will be to indicate a few steps that may be leading in fumbling fashion to various none too well visualized goals.