Osgood v. Osgood

ROBERT H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Opinion: This is a habeas corpus proceeding by Dr. Charles K. Osgood against his former wife, Patricia G. Osgood (Cerone), to secure the custody of Warren C. Osgood, a minor child of the parties. The petitioner alleges that the custody of the boy was awarded to him by a decree of the supreme court of Onondaga County, New York, dated February 13, 1959, which divorced the parties upon the ground of the wife’s adultery and awarded the custody of four children, including Warren, to the husband. This decree, the petitioner insists, is entitled to full faith and…