Application of Stone

HAIRE, Judge.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from an order of the Superior Court entered in a habeas corpus proceeding affecting the temporary custody and support of two minor children. The facts are essentially undisputed and as pertinent to a disposition of this appeal are as follows:

Arthur Stone, petitioner below and appellant herein (“Stone”) had two children by his then wife, Deanna Stone (now Deanna Wilds by remarriage and hereinafter “Wilds” or “respondent”). Stone at the time of his marital dispute with respondent had been, and presently is, on active duty with the United States…