Hansen v. Monaghan

This case has to do with the appointment of a guardian of two minor children. January 31, 1944, Mrs. Hazel A. Monaghan filed in the superior court of Kitsap county her petition asking that she be appointed guardian of Valerie Rose Hansen and Jacquelin Sandra Hansen, minor children. March 20, 1944, Mrs. Evelyn M. Hansen, the mother of the minor children, filed her answer to the petition by denying the allegations of the petition, and then set out an affirmative defense which challenged the jurisdiction of the superior court of Kitsap county. A trial to the court resulted in the entry of an…