Brown v. Brown

HATHAWAY, Judge.

On this appeal we are concerned with the custody of a minor child and the parent’s visitation rights. The parents were divorced on November 25, 1964 and the mother was awarded custody of their adopted child, with reasonable visitation rights granted to the father. On August 16, 1965, the mother left Tucson with the child and thereafter resided in DesPlaines, Illinois. On June 17, 1966, the divorce decree was modified, in accordance with a stipulation between the parties.

In 1966 the father sought to have the mother send the child, then six years old, from Chicago to Tucson for…