In re King

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J. :

This is an original proceeding brought by Harriet King to obtain the custody of Harry J. Hines, aged six years, and Edith May Hines, aged four years. The parents of these children were married in 1895, the mother being then about seventeen years of age. They lived near Brookville, in Saline county, Kansas, until 1897, when they went to Kansas City, Kansas, where in February, 1900, the mother was granted a divorce from the father on the ground of non-support and abandonment. The decree made no reference to the children, who had been left with…