Coble v. . Coble

The primary and determinative question presented on this appeal is appropriately stated in appellant’s brief as follows:

“Is an order of a Judge of the Superior Court awarding custody of minor children to a plaintiff under G. S. 50-13, made without jurisdiction and in denial of due process of law, when at the time such order was made there had been neither service of summons upon nor notice to the defendant, and when both the defendant and the minor children were without the State?”

In the order awarding custody of the children to plaintiff the court finds “that said defendant is about to…