In Re Carpenter

THE COURT.

—A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed on behalf of Pearl K. Carpenter (who will be hereinafter referred to as the petitioner.) She was committed for contempt by the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco for failing to obey an order directing her to receive into her home and care for her minor children.

The admitted facts are that petitioner was formerly the wife of John Kennedy, and the children are the issue of that marriage. She obtained a divorce from Kennedy and subsequently married Carpenter. She had the custody of the children until her second…