BYERS v. BYERS


370 S.W.2d 193 (1963)

Robert BYERS, Appellant, v. Reka C. BYERS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Todd, Lasserre Bradley, Lexington, for appellant.

Scott Collins, Prestonsburg, for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

This is an unusual child custody case. The action was instituted by the father of two girls, eight and eleven years old, to enjoin their mother from taking them to Johannesburg, South Africa. The injunction was denied, as were two alternative pleas. The father appeals.

The parents, Robert Byers and Reka C. Byers, were divorced by a Florida court in March, 1957. The mother was awarded custody of the infant children, and she brought them...

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