Langan v. Langan

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant initiated a habeas corpus proceeding in the District Court to recover the custody of a minor child, Joan. Her petition alleged unlawful detention of the child by reason of appellee’s disregard of an order of a Maryland court, issued in a habeas corpus proceeding in that State, which awarded custody to appellant. The petition in the present case was granted and the writ issued, but, following a hearing, the writ was discharged and custody was awarded to appellee, the child’s father. On .this appeal appellant says that she and appellee were divorced in 1941…