Ex Parte Sandefer

This is a habeas corpus proceeding. Darlene Owens Sandefer and Jefferson Davis Sandefer III were divorced on June 22, 1970, in Taylor County. The divorce judgment provided that neither party should remove the children from the jurisdiction of the court unless by mutual agreement of the parties or by an order of the court. Mrs. Sandefer moved to Dallas County and took the children with her. Mr. Sandefer filed a motion asserting that the children were moved out of the court’s jurisdiction in violation of said judgment and asked that she be punished for contempt. In the amended motion suggesting…