Lawton v. McGough

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Joan Carolyn McGough Law-ton, and appellee, William L. McGough, were married in Walker County, Alabama, in 1959. They are the parents of three minor children, a boy and two girls, ages 14, 12, and 10, who are the subjects of this litigation.

In 1966 the family was living in Joliet, Illinois, where appellee was employed. On or about May 3, 1966, appellant consulted an attorney for the purpose of instituting divorce proceedings and at approximately the same time she took the three children with her to her brother’s home in nearby Elgin, Illinois. While…