Ex Parte Brown

This original habeas corpus proceeding involves conflicting child custody orders issued by two district courts with coordinate potential jurisdiction over the subject matter. On April 4, 1961, Glenn Doris Bray instituted divorce proceedings against her husband, William B. Bray, Jr., in Cause No. 3672 in the 69th Judicial District Court of Moore County, hereinafter referred to as the Moore Court. She there sought custody of William Michael Bray, a boy then about one and one-half years of age, who was the only child born to the marriage. The court originally awarded temporary custody of the…