Porter v. Porter
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The defendant in error presented a petition to the judge of the fourth judicial circuit in which it is in effect alleged that the wife of the petitioner *409left their home in Palm Beach county taking with her three of their children, a boy of nine years, a boy of five years and a girl of two and a half years of age, and that the children are restrained of their liberty in Duval county by the mother without the consent of the father. Upon a writ of habeas corpus the custody of the two boys was awarded to the father and the mother was allowed to retain the custody of the little girl.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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