Turner v. Saka

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

The mother of two “illegitimate” children here challenges an order of our district court which honored an ex parte New Jersey court order as a matter of “comity,” and on that basis granted the father “temporary” custody through a writ of habeas corpus. 1 In our view, the New Jersey court’s order is not entitled to “comity,” because it was entered under circumstances offensive to our understanding of procedural due process. Hence, we reverse with instructions to dismiss the father’s petition. We also deny an application the father has filed in this court,…