Hawkins v. Hawkins

BISTLINE, Justice.

At the time of their parents’ divorce in Ada County District Court in the summer of 1973, the two children of the dissolved marriage were girls, six and four years of age, then living with their father. The mother sought the divorce. She alleged the fitness of both parents, adding that under circumstances then existing that it was in the best interests of the children that the father have custody subject to reasonable visitation rights in the mother. Although the action went by default, the district judge before whom the cause was heard inquired of the mother as to her…