Phillips v. District Court of Hardin County

The petitioner herein was divorced from Dorothy Phillips by a decree of the Hardin District Court, entered on January 9, 1960. The parties are the parents of three sons: John, age 13; Harvey II, age 11, and Robert, age 9. The divorce decree gave the custody of the two older boys to the petitioner, and of Robert to his mother, Dorothy. The decree contained this provision: “That the children born as a result of this marriage, whether in the custody of plaintiff or defendant, be not removed from the State of Iowa without order of the Court allowing same by proper application made, but not ex…