Montgomery v. Abel

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Elmer M. Abel, Jr. to obtain the possession of his little girls, aged two and three years, from their maternal grandmother. In July, 1949, Abel filed a suit for divorce in which he asked for the custody of the children. After issues were joined, he agreed that the babies should stay with their mother, who- was sick and living with her parents, and that he would .pay certain sums for their maintenance. No further steps were taken in the suit and the mother died in November, 1950. The father testified in this case…