Riddick v. Riddick

MATHERNE, Judge.

The petitioner Betty Jane Riddick Terry seeks the custody of her two minor children, Diana, age 8 years and David, age 7 years, which children had previously been placed in the custody of their father, Dr. Danny Joe Riddick, who was killed in an automobile accident on May 26, 1972. The petition for change of custody was filed on June 1, 1972, in the original divorce action styled Betty Jane Riddick v. Danny Joe Riddick in the Chancery Court of Carroll County, Tennessee. On June 24, 1972, the mother also filed in the same chancery court a petition for writ of habeas corpus…