Buchanan v. Buchanan

The first major question to be determined in this case is whether a money award, for the future maintenance of a wife, divorced in another state, and children, rendered in a habeas corpus proceeding, is voidable or void.

John R. Buchanan and Ruth Lester were married on January 15, 1916. The three children, a daughter and two sons, born to this union, were, on September 29, 1933, sixteen, fourteen, and eleven years of age, respectively. The husband and wife separated, and on May 18, 1931, entered into a written contract settling their financial affairs and making provision for the custody,…