Corkill v. Cloninger

Appeal from a child custody award. The judgment of the district court refused to recognize prior orders of a California court granting custody to the mother and awarded custody to the father. From this judgment the mother appeals.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether prior custody awards to the mother by the California court are entitled to “full faith and credit” and “comity” in Montana. The district court held they were not. We reverse.

On April 21, 1966, a superior court of the state of California entered an interlocutory decree of divorce granting William Marvin Corkill (the father)…