STATE EX REL. BUTLER v. MORGAN


578 P.2d 814 (1978)

34 Or.App. 393

STATE of Oregon ex rel. Gregory R. Butler, Respondent, v. Sara Marie Butler MORGAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Argued and Submitted December 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Lucas, Rainier, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

David B. Williamson, St. Helens, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LEE and ROBERTS, JJ.


LEE, Judge.

This is an appeal of a child custody matter in which the circuit court issued an order granting a writ of habeas corpus directing the mother to deliver custody of two children whose ages were 4 1/2 and 6 years at the time of the hearing, to the father based on an Arizona modification of an Arizona decree of dissolution of marriage. Defendant contends that (1) habeas corpus was an improper means to enforce an out-of-state dissolution decree, and (2) the...

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