State ex rel. Wilkerson v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court June 19,1919, for a writ of prohibition to the superior court for Yakima county, Holden, J., to prevent the entering of an order in habeas corpus proceedings changing the custody of a minor pending appeal from an order modifying a decree of divorce.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
A decree of divorce was entered on April 12, 1915, by the terms of which there was awarded to the relator the custody of a minor daugh*16ter and to the father the custody of two minor boys. On March 19, 1919, the relator filed a petition in the divorce action asking to have the decree modified so as to award her the custody of all three children, who, at the time of the filing of the petition, she had in her actual care and control. A restraining order was made prohibiting the father from interfering with this care and custody pending the determination of the petition, and on June 13, 1919, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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