State v. McCloskey
State v. McCloskey
Opinion of the Court
The relator in this case, alleging that he is a man of means; that there is pending in the civil district court a suit in separation from bed and board between himself and his wife, in which he has prayed that the custody of their minor child be awarded to him; that in the meantime he has had the said child in his possession, and has been taking proper care of it; that his wife has gone into the-juvenile court, and there sworn out an affidavit untruthfully charging said child with being a neglected and abandoned child; that the judge of the said juvenile court, notwithstanding notice given to him of the pendency of the said separation from bed and board suit, and of relator being a man of means, and taking all due and proper care of said child, has ordered said child taken from relator, and, notwithstanding the remonstrance of relator, has turned over said child to relator’s said wife upon her furnishing bond in the sum
The two legal questions sought to be presented to this court by the relator in the said application are: First, whether the juvenile court has jurisdiction of the children of a ■marriage pending a suit for separation from bed and board between the parents in another court; and, second, whether the juvenile court has jurisdiction of a child that is being well taken care of by its parents.
The order nisi herein is recalled, and the application of relator is denied at his cost.
Reference
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- STATE v. McCLOSKEY. In re McCLOSKEY
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- (Syllabus by JEditorial Staff.) 1. Infantís. By Const, art. 118, § 3, the juvenile court has jurisdiction of the custody, as between state and parents, of a neglected child, so that the jurisdiction in such case of the juvenile court is simultaneous with that of the court in which suit for separation from bed and board is pending between the parents; the jurisdiction of the latter court being confined to controversies as between the parents over the custody of the child. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Infants, Cent. Dig. § 18; Dec. Dig. @¿>18.] 2. Prohibition @=^28 — Juvenile Cour;l-DeTERMINATION OF JURISDICTION. On application for prohibition against the judge of the juvenile court, who awarded the custody of a child to her mother, a finding of fact of such court as to whether the child was neglected as defined in Const, art. 118, § 3, so as to establish its jurisdiction, must be taken as true by the Supreme Court. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Prohibition, Cent. Dig. § 77; Dec. Dig. O’Niell, J., dissenting.