Ehrich v. Ehrich

— Barbara M. Ehrich appeals from an order by the King County Superior Court dismissing her application for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the custody of her children. The appeal presents this primary issue: Should the Washington court give full faith and credit to a Minnesota court’s order modifying its divorce decree by changing the custody of the children from the father to the mother, and which was entered at a time when the children were residing with their father in the state of Washington? The answer to this question depends upon whether or not the Minnesota court had jurisdiction to…