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Conflict of Laws

1953

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Criminal Procedure-Extradition For Non-Support Under Section 6 Of The Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, David D. Dowd, Jr. Feb 1953

Criminal Procedure-Extradition For Non-Support Under Section 6 Of The Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, David D. Dowd, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner had been divorced while residing in the State of California and ordered to pay $30 per month to his wife for the support of three minor children. After moving to New Mexico he defaulted in the payments. The Governor of California requested the extradition of the petitioner under section 6 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act to answer the charge of failure to provide for minor children. Petitioner questioned his detention under the order for extradition by seeking a writ of habeas corpus in an original proceeding before the Supreme Court of New Mexico. Held, writ denied. Section …


Interstate Recognition Of Custody Decrees: Law And Reason V. The Restatement, Albert A. Ehrenzweig Jan 1953

Interstate Recognition Of Custody Decrees: Law And Reason V. The Restatement, Albert A. Ehrenzweig

Michigan Law Review

After days of bitter contest, a weary judge dissolves the marriage bond and, lacking Solomon's sword, allots the child to his mother. Thus the stage is set for the second act of the tragedy. Craving a new life for herself and her child, the mother moves to another state, and the father, seeing his right of visitation thus put in jeopardy, pleads the mother's removal in the original court which, loyal to the more faithful citizen, now awards custody to him. Should a judge of the mother's new home state heed this change? And again, what should be done if …