Hahn v. Falce

By writ of habeas corpus which has been referred by the Supreme Court to this court for hearing and determination the petitioner seeks to regain the custody of his two daughters, Susan, age 10 and Hannah, age 3 from his former wife, Renee Irakles who on December 9,1967 brought the children from their father’s home in Memphis, Tennessee to her mother’s home in Wallkill, New York.

At the trial a sharp issue of fact developed as to whether the respondent brought the children to her mother’s home in New York State with or without the petitioner’s consent, the respondent contending that she brought…