McDevitt v. Swilley

Frankum, Justice.

Following the granting of a divorce between Ethel Swilley and William Swilley, the custody of their three minor children was awarded to their mother. Approximately four years thereafter, the father took possession of the children, and their mother brought a habeas corpus proceeding against him in which she sought to regain custody of the children. Upon the hearing of the matter, there was adduced some evidence authorizing the trial judge to find, as he did, that since the award of the custody of the children to their mother "there have been substantial changes and…