Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Fortune
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 21, 1936No. 26531PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
This action involves the custody of Arthur Ray Fortune, a minor, and an orphan. The child at the time of the institution of this proceeding was in the custody of his stepfather, J-. L. Guest. By this proceeding- his uncle, Robert Fortune, a brother of the child’s deceased father, sought to obtain his custody.
The record discloses that on June 22, 1925, Julia Fortune, the deceased mother of said minor, was appointed guardian of his person and estate by the probate court of Jackson county, Ark.; and that subsequent to the death of the mother, the petitioner, Robert Fortune, the child’s uncle,…
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