Stevens v. Denton

HALE, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding. It arose out of a divorce suit and involves the custody of a girl three years of age. On December 31, 1943, the court below-granted a divorce to the child’s father and awarded her custody to him. The divorce decree recited that the father was in the. military service and by reason thereof the child’s welfare would be best served by authorizing the father to place her in the home of her paternal grandmother, “there to remain and be cared for during the period of plaintiff’s said service or until further orders of this court.”

On March 18, 1946,…