In re the Marriage of Jenkins

GREENE, Judge.

Petitioner, James Roy Jenkins, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Greene County, seeking an order directing his former wife, Linda Jo Jenkins, to return to James custody of the two minor children of the parties. James claimed custody rights by reason of a judgment of the District Court of Seward County, Kansas, entered January 24, 1984, which awarded the children’s custody to him.

The trial court, after hearing evidence, issued the writ, and directed Linda to return the children to James, with the reason given for such action being that the…