Parker

Appellant, Jennifer Parker, obtained an interlocutory and final decree of divorce from respondent, Malcolm David Parker, from the Santa Barbara Superior Court on March 12, 1968, and March 6, 1969, respectively. Each of the decrees awarded custody of Sally Jane, the child of the couple bom July 14, 1964, to David. Sometime between March 6, 1969 and July 11, 1972, Jennifer married Dan E. Roark and lived with him in Kingman, Arizona. On the latter date the Santa Barbara Superior Court modified its final decree (July modification) granting physical custody of Sally Jane to Jennifer.

In accordance with visitation rights granted by the July modification, Sally Jane was spending Christmas vacation with her father. During the vacation Sally Jane detailed to her father the manner of treatment she received from her mother and Roark, and insisted upon staying with respondent. As a consequence of the complaints, Sally Jane’s insistence and respondent’s conviction as to what was in the best interest of the child then approximately eight years of age, respondent on December 27, 1972, moved in the Superior Court of Los Angeles for an order requiring appellant to show cause (O.S.C.) on…