HOWARTH v. NORTHCOTT


152 Conn. 460 (1965)

PHYLLIS E. HOWARTH v. THOMAS G. NORTHCOTT

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Driscoll Grimes, for the appellant (defendant).

E. Gaynor Brennan, Sr., for the appellee (plaintiff).

KING, C. J., MURPHY, ALCORN, HOUSE and SHAPIRO, JS.


ALCORN, J.

In December, 1960, the plaintiff applied for a writ of habeas corpus to determine the custody of her two minor children, who, she alleged, were then being unlawfully held by the defendant, their father, the plaintiff's divorced husband. The writ of habeas corpus has long been used and approved to test the right to custody of a minor child. Dunham v. Dunham, 97 Conn. 440, 443, 117 A. 504. Indeed, it is the only procedure, other than actions...

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