In Re Dowell

Niram W. Dowell, petitioner, and Charlotte L. Dowell, respondent, heretofore were husband and wife, but prior to the filing of this petition they were divorced. Peggy Joan Dowell, aged nine years, is the adopted child of petitioner and respondent.

The decree of divorce provided that the mother should have the care and custody of the child except that the father should have such care and custody for two consecutive months of each summer and that the father should have the privilege of visiting with the child at any reasonable time.

The mother removed to Los Angeles, California, about August,…