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Wealth and Divorce Create Double Custody Cases in Gilded Age
The article surveys custody battles among America’s elite families after divorce, noting cases from the Goulds to the Vanderbilts. It details joint and alternating custody arrangements, the influence of marriages into new families, and the complex arrangements governing time with children amid social intrigue and wealth, including the famous Always on-the-go Gould sisters and the Vanderbilt heirs.
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Ogden
Peter
Goelet
Wisie Whelan
Philadelphia
Blanche A.W. Heye
George Gustav Heye
New York
Dorothea Page
Castellane
Countess de Castellane
Anna Gould
Prince de Sagan
Helen Gould
Shepard
Muriel Astor
John Jacob Astor
John Astor
Ava Willing
Misa Madeline Force
Yount
Nry James
Maisie
United States
Santa Claus