IN RE BROWNING

No. 49,169

1 Kan. App. 2d 652 (1977)

573 P.2d 1095

In the Matter of the Application of Ira P. Browning, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Taylor, of the Hutchinson-Reno County Legal Aid Society, for the appellant, Virginia Nichols.

Charles K. Hyter, of Branine, Chalfant, Hyter and Hill, of Hutchinson, for the appellee, Ira P. Browning.

Before FOTH, P.J., PARKS and SWINEHART, JJ.


FOTH, J.:

This is an appeal from an order adjudging the appellant, Virginia Nichols, guilty of indirect civil contempt of court. The contempt charge grew out of appellant's failure to comply with an order, in a child custody-habeas corpus action, requiring her to deliver custody of her three children to their father.

On January 5, 1977, the trial court found appellant guilty and sentenced her to the Reno county jail until she purged herself. However, it also...

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