Birdwell v. Ashcraft

YOUNG, Justice.

This is a child custody case, initiated by application for writ of habeas corpus, filed by the mother Sammie Rue Ashcraft (formerly Birdwell) and joined by her present husband Rayburn Ashcraft against De-Wayne Birdwell and parents, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Birdwell, alleging that said respondents are illegally withholding the person of above minor child, seeking a return of said Annie Laurie Birdwell to its mother, the relator, pursuant to a previous decree of divorce rendered March 15, 1960 and styled Sammie Rue Birdwell vs. Edwin DeWayne Birdwell.

The habeas corpus proceeding was…