Legal Opinion
Branham v. Raines
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 28, 1969No. Record 6904PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C.J.
On March 2, 1967 Raymond Branham filed in the Circuit Court of Dickenson County a petition for a writ of habeas corpus praying that the respondent, Jean Branham Raines, be required to produce in court Romona Branham, their seven-year-old daughter, whose custody, he said, had been awarded to him by an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Morrow County, Ohio. The petition alleged that on or about December 25, 1966 the child had been permitted to go to the respondent’s home in Dickenson County, Virginia, and that she had refused to return the child to him. The respondent, Jean Branham Raines,…
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- Commonwealth ex rel. Thomas v. GillardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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