Byers v. Byers

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This is an unusual child custody, case. The action was instituted by the father of two girls, eight and eleven years old, to enjoin their mother from taking them to Johannesburg, South Africa. The injunction was denied, as were two alternative pleas. The father appeals.

The parents, Robert Byers and Reka C. Byers, were divorced by a Florida court in March, 1957. The mother was awarded custody of the infant children, and she brought them to Lexington, Kentucky, where they have since resided. Mrs. Byers has been teaching school in Franklin and Fayette Counties. While the…