APPLICATION OF LAVIS

No. 8467.

96 Ariz. 316 (1964)

394 P.2d 655

Application of Barbara LAVIS, nee Smith, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of Arizona. In Division.

July 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Snowberger, by William F. Behrens, Phoenix, for petitioner.

Fennemore, Craig, Allen & McClennen, by John J. O'Connor, III, Phoenix, for respondent.


LOCKWOOD, Vice Chief Justice:

The petitioner is the mother of four children, aged three, five, seven and ten years of age. The respondent is their father.

Under a divorce decree in California, the custody of the children was first awarded to the mother and later to the father. The mother came to Arizona with the children and the father initiated habeas corpus proceedings, Case No. 161858, in the Superior Court of Maricopa County to regain their custody.

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