State v. Rhoades

Citations

• 29 Wash. 61
• 69 P. 389
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 555

Syllabus

<p>DIVORCE • — • JURISDICTION TO AWARD CUSTODY OE CHILDREN.</p> <p>Where a court in a suit for divorce obtained personal jurisdiction of the parties it thereby acquired jurisdiction of the status constituted by the relation between the parents and their minor children, when the children were within the territorial limit's of the court at the time the action was commenced, and their subsequent departure therefrom would not deprive the court of jurisdiction to fix the custody of the children.</p> <p>KIDNAPPING-CONSENT OE CHILD.</p> <p>In a prosecution for kidnapping, under Bal. Code, § 7050, which provides that “if any person maliciously, forcibly, or fraudulently lead, take, decoy, or entice away any child under the age of twelve years, with the intent to detain or conceal such child from its parent, guardian, or other person having the lawful charge of such child, he shall be punished,” the consent of the child would not constitute a defense.</p>