Kern v. Kern ex rel. Kern

OPINION

Willard and Rosalie Kern were divorced in Wisconsin on March 26, 1966. The decree awarded custody of their child, Linda, now age 14, to respondent Rosalie. Shortly after the divorce, Rosalie and Linda moved to North Carolina. Subsequently, in December of 1978, appellant Willard removed Linda, at her request, from respondent’s residence to his home in Carson City, Nevada.

After obtaining a temporary custody award in North Carolina, respondent instituted a habeas proceeding in the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada to have her daughter returned. In defense thereto,…