Pelaez v. Maxwell

The present application is made by respondent mother for a reargument or rehearing in a proceeding originally instituted by writ of habeas corpus to obtain custody of two infant children, son and daughter of the petitioner father and the respondent mother.

Petitioner and respondent, American citizens,' were married and shortly thereafter removed to Havana, Cuba, where they made their home for some years, and during which time the children were born. Subsequent to the birth of the children, marital difficulties arose and as a result the bonds of matrimony were severed by a court of competent…