Hettie v. Bard

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Nancy Nadine Hettie, and the appellee, Cecil V. Bard, Jr., were formerly husband and wife. They had one child, Cecil Jake Bard, who was less than two months of age when the appellee obtained a judgment of divorce on July 19, 1941. The judgment made no provision as to the custody of the child. The appellee entered the military service of the United States on January 12, 1942, and was discharged on January 14, 1946. On July 9, 1943, the mother of the child instituted a habeas corpus proceeding in the Harlan Circuit Court against the…