Lewis v. Lewis

STEINFELD, Judge.

Appellee Helen Lewis (now Bowman) filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Elliott Circuit Court on June 3, 1971, by which she sought to obtain Troy Lewis from appellant Matt Lewis. Troy is the 6-year-old son of these parties. She alleged that an Arizona Superior Court with competent jurisdiction had granted to her “ * * * absolute care, custody and control * * * ” of Troy, and that Matt had unlawfully taken him out of that state. She also charged that the forum court was “ * * * required to give full faith and credit to the orders of the Superior Court of Arizona…