Fine v. Denny

Appellant, hereinafter called the mother, and respondent, hereinafter called the father, have two children, a daughter, Lynda, and a son, Edward. In 1946 when Edward was a few months past 2 years of age the mother took Lynda with her to Nevada, leaving Edward with the father. In Nevada the mother obtained a decree of divorce from the father which awarded the custody of Lynda to the mother and purported to award the custody of Edward to the father. Both mother and father have since remarried.

Much of the briefs is devoted to the question whether the Nevada court had jurisdiction of Edward to…