TOMPKINS v. GARLOCK

No. 42,425

189 Kan. 425 (1962)

370 P.2d 131

CAROLYN TOMPKINS, Appellant, v. FREDERICK A. GARLOCK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Anderson, of Overland Park, argued the cause, Howard E. Payne, W.C. Jones and H. Thomas Payne, all of Overland Park, were with him on the brief for the appellant.

Robert H. Bingham, of Kansas City, argued the cause, J.E. Schroeder, Lee E. Weeks, Leonard O. Thomas, J.D. Lysaught, Richard Millsap and Ervin G. Johnston, all of Kansas City, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an appeal in a habeas corpus action by a mother, who was previously given the custody of her four minor children by a foreign divorce decree, from the decision of the district court of Johnson County, Kansas, changing custody of the two oldest children to the father.

The question presented is whether the trial court had jurisdiction to change custody.

The parties formerly lived...

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