Costello v. Costello

NICHOLS, Justice.

The present appeal is from a judgment in a case in the nature of a habeas corpus action, wherein a divorced father sought to secure custody of his minor children from their mother.

The record discloses that the couple was married at Phenix City, Alabama in 1964. Two children were born as a result of such marriage and in June 1972 a divorce was granted the husband in Greene County, Illinois. The divorce decree granted custody of the children to the father and further found that the mother was not a fit and proper person to have custody of the children. In May, 1972, after the…