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WOOD v. DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR COUNTY OF EL PASO

No. 25831.

508 P.2d 134 (1973)

Jerry E. D. WOOD, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF EL PASO, State of Colorado, and the Honorable Robert W. Johnson, one of the Judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Jenkins, Estes Park, for petitioner.

Michael J. Wood, Colorado Springs, for respondents.

DAY, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in which the jurisdiction of the El Paso district court—to grant a writ of habeas corpus in a custody dispute—is challenged. We issued a rule to show cause, and now discharge the rule.

On August 31, 1970, petitioner Jerry E. D. Wood (herein referred to as the father) and Shirley Ann Wood, now Shirley Ann Dowling (the mother) were granted a decree of divorce in the district court for Arapahoe County...

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