Culpepper v. Martins

This case involves the custody of the two minor children of the petitioner and the respondent, formerly husband and wife. The case is before us on the respondent’s appeal from a decree of the family court granting the petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus and denying and dismissing the respondent’s motion for the custody of the children.

The petitioner, who is an officer in the naval forces of this country, was stationed in Puerto Rico where he lived with his wife and two children. Sometime in 1958 respondent left Puerto Rico with the children and returned to this country.

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