Griffin v. Griffin
Oregon Supreme Court
From Yamhill: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Department 2. This is a proceeding in habeas corpus for the custody of two minor children. The trial court dismissed the writ and awarded the custody of the minor children to the mother, Emma A. Griffin. Bertram S. Griffin, the father, appeals.
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From Yamhill: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Department 2. This is a proceeding in habeas corpus for the custody of two minor children. The trial court dismissed the writ and awarded the custody of the minor children to the mother, Emma A. Griffin. Bertram S. Griffin, the father, appeals. The parties were married in the State of California, May 8, 1904. Two children, Vivian Griffin, now about thirteen years of age, and Bernice Griffin, now about eleven years of age, were born of this union. April 15,1913, Emma A. Griffin commenced a suit for divorce against her husband, the appellant herein, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
In November, 1916, this appellant commenced this proceeding for the custody of the children, which he claims was awarded to him by the final decree in the divorce ease in California. The proceedings in the divorce action in California were pleaded and properly authenticated and brought into the record; also several sections of the statute of California are produced and contained in the record, a portion of which we will hereafter notice.
1. The first and one of the important questions in the case is as to the effect of the decree in the divorce *83action in the State of California. This embraces…
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