Devlin v. Huffman

The parties appear here in the same order as they appeared in the trial court: In this opinion we refer to plaintiff in error, Louise Beard, as “the mother” or Louise; to the other plaintiffs in error as “the children,” and to the defendants in error as the defendants.

Late in 1950, Louise, who at that time was married to Clarence Albert Devlin, commenced an action in Wyoming for divorce and for custody of their three minor children, then of the ages of four, two and one year. In December of 1950, Louise, not then having a home for and being unable to care for the children, took them to the…