In Re McDaniel

By the petition herein petitioner seeks the custody of her three minor children. As gleaned from the record, the salient facts are that in the state of Oklahoma in a divorce proceeding between petitioner and her husband, petitioner was awarded the custody of their three children who are the subject of this proceeding; that thereafter petitioner took the said children to the city of Fort Worth, state of Texas, where in a rooming-house she abandoned them and left them destitute; that thereupon, after proceedings had in the district court of Tarrant County, Texas, each of said children was adjudged a dependent child and ordered placed in the Tarrant County Orphans’ Home. Thereafter by order of said court the custody of said children was awarded to their aunt, the respondent herein, who thereupon brought the children to this state. It further appears that heretofore, in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in the superior court of Los Angeles County by the mother of the children against their aunt, an order was made by said court that the aunt, respondent herein, retain the custody and control of said minor children.

It is contended by respondent that the order of the superior court…