Kniznik v. Quick

In a petition for habeas corpus the petitioner alleged that he was entitled to the custody of his minor son Richard Jay Kniznik by virtue of a Massachusetts divorce decree and that Richard was being unlawfully detained by the respondent in her home in Homewood, Illinois. Respondent filed a cross-petition in which she asked the court to modify the Massachusetts decree to change custody from the petitioner to herself. The court entered an order granting the petition for habeas corpus and denying the cross-petition for modification of the decree. Respondent has appealed from that order to this…