Austin v. Austin

Guy Amsler, Justice.

This appeal involves an unusual factual situation and a unique legal question. Appellant Virginia Austin and appellee Kenneth Austin were husband and wife up to some date (not disclosed by the record) prior to August 19, 1964. On that date, in a suit by Virginia Austin against Kenneth Austin, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California, entered an order awarding custody of their three minor children to Kenneth Austin with visitation privileges to the mother. Virginia Austin apparently left California and established residence in Fayetteville, Arkansas, while…