Rochford v. Bailey

Habeas corpus. The petitioner is the mother of Gerald Ashford Rochford, a minor, now about three years of age.- she seeks by this proceeding to have restored to her the custody of her said son, the right to which is now claimed and exercised by the respondents under and by virtue of an alleged decree of adoption rendered by the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The material facts are few and simple.

The minor in question was born December 1, 1925, at Excelsior Spring’s, Missouri: he was born out of wedlock, but his father was present at his birth, and his father and…