TURNER v. SAKA

No. 7220.

518 P.2d 608 (1974)

Tondelayo S. J. Jackson TURNER and Kenneth Turner, Appellants, v. Elias SAKA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter L. Flangas, Las Vegas, for appellants.

Robert N. Peccole, Las Vegas, and Joel D. Siegel, Newark, N.J., for respondent.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice:

The mother of two "illegitimate" children here challenges an order of our district court which honored an ex parte New Jersey court order as a matter of "comity," and on that basis granted the father "temporary" custody through a writ of habeas corpus.1 In our view, the New Jersey court's order is not entitled to "comity," because it was entered under circumstances offensive to our understanding...

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