Maley v. Maley

On October 17, 1942, Leslie W. Maley filed a complaint against Margaret O. Maley, his wife, in which he alleged that, upon her return with their two minor children from a visit to her parents’ home in Montana, she threatened to, and would unless restrained by an order of the court, leave their home near Thornton, Washington, and go to another state or states and take the children with her. An order was issued restraining the defendant from taking the children from the family home until further order of the court. It also provided that the plaintiff should have direct custody and control over…