Shields v. Bodenhamer

Bell, Justice.

I. Lawrence Shields brought a petition for the writ of habeas corpus against Mrs. Alice B. Bodenhamer, Ms former wife, seeking the custody of their minor child, Georgia Alice Shields, which had been awarded to her mother in a decree of divorce between the parties. The petition alleged that at the time of such decree the child was only three years of age, and that subsequently thereto the child had been almost continuously in the custody of her mother; that the petitioner and his former wife have each married again, and for the past several years the petitioner has had the…