In Re Morgan

The petitioner, George James Morgan, by petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenges the validity of the writ of rendition issued by the Governor of the State of California ordering his arrest and extradition to Wyoming to stand trial for nonsupport of his minor child.

The facts relevant to an understanding of this proceeding commence with the marriage of petitioner to Carol Ann Morgan in 1961; the birth of a son in Santa Maria, California, January 1963; the separation of the parties in August 1964; and the moving of Carol and her son to the State of Wyoming.

On September 25, 1964, the petitioner was charged by a complaint filed in Laramie County, Wyoming, with nonsupport of his child under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act of that state. Thereafter the State of Wyoming, acting as the initiating state, *transmitted the papers required by the pertinent provisions of the Uniform Support Law to the Superior Court for Santa Barbara County, State of California, as the respondent state. The Superior Court for Santa Barbara County, in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure, section 1680, ***filed the cause in that court on September 28, 1964. The matter was heard on…