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CORKILL v. CLONINGER

No. 11602.

454 P.2d 911 (1969)

William Marvin CORKILL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jean Marie Corkill CLONINGER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berger, Anderson & Sinclair, Richard W. Anderson (argued), Billings, for defendant and appellant.

Small & Cummins and Carl Hatch, Floyd O. Small (argued), Helena, for plaintiff and respondent.

HASWELL, Justice.

Appeal from a child custody award. The judgment of the district court refused to recognize prior orders of a California court granting custody to the mother and awarded custody to the father. From this judgment the mother appeals.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether prior custody awards to the mother by the California court are entitled to "full faith and credit" and "comity" in Montana. The...

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