Henson v. Henson

By a divorce decree granted in New Mexico, mother, defendant here, was given custody of the minor child of the parties with certain visitation privileges to the child’s father who was required to pay the mother $50 per month for the child’s support. The mother, having remarried, now makes her home in Wyoming, and the father, plaintiff here, by habeas corpus, procured the child before the District Court of Natrona County for inquiry as to cause of its restraint and denial of the father’s right of visitation and custody.

In answering defense, the mother relied upon the New Mexico decree and…