Wells ex rel. Walton County v. Ward

MORPHONIOS, Circuit Judge.

This is a Petition for Writ of Certiorari, to the District Court of Appeal, First District, alleging conflict with a prior decision of this Court and seeking review of an order by the District Court of Appeal, First District, issuing a rule absolute in prohibition, which decision purportedly conflicts with Danson v. Danson, 76 Fla. 449, 80 So. 62 (1918).

Factually, we find that in 1969, Phyllis C. McLeod obtained in Escambia County, Florida, a divorce from George A. McLeod. In that divorce decree custody of the minor child of the parties was awarded to Phyllis C.…