In Re Inman

Petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition charges that Ronald P. Inman, a minor, is unlawfully restrained of his liberty by Anna Steuble at San Leandro, County of Alameda, State of California. It is recited therein that the custody of said minor was awarded to petitioner on the 25th day of November, 1938, by order and decree of the district court of the State of Colorado; that said Anna Steuble, named in the proceedings as Anna Inman, appeared personally in said district court of Colorado when the order was made; that she obtained the custody of the person of the minor in the city of Denver through fraud and transported him to the County of Alameda, State of California, where she still retains said custody without authority of law.

The return to the writ shows that about the 29th day of February, 1928, William P. Inman, also known as Floyd In-man, and respondent were married and thereafter lived together as husband and wife; that there was born to the parties a son, Ronald P. Inman, who is now of the age of approximately five years and nine months; that in the year 1933, respondent commenced an action for divorce against William P. Inman in the district court at Denver,…