Legal Opinion
In Re Honaker
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 20, 1936No. 27177PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.
In 1929 Velma Honaker was granted a decree of divorce from her husband and awarded the exclusive custody of their minor son. At that time the child was about a year old. With the child she stayed at the home of her parents, the child’s maternal grandparents.
In July of 1935 Velma Honaker went to California for the purpose of marrying. It appears from the record that her intention was to return to Oklahoma with her second husband, and they did return on a visit during December of the same year, when she contemplated taking the child back with her to California. She had left it with her parents…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brown v. VankeurenIllinois Supreme Court · 1930
- Gaunt v. GauntSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- First Regular Baptist Church v. AllisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Cahill Swift Manufacturing Co. v. HayesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1916
- Ex Parte ShullSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
3Cited by3 opinions
- Roberson v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
- De Loach v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Winkler v. WinklerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942