Hendrick v. Voss

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellant Mary Ann Hendrick instituted habeas corpus proceedings to recover custody of her child from appellees Roy Glenn Voss and wife Lareda Ruby Voss. Ap-pellees filed an answer and a cross-action alleging the infant child had been abandoned by appellant, and praying that it be declared a dependent and neglected child.

After a trial before the court without a jury judgment was rendered September 2, 1958, declaring the child to have been dependent and neglected since August 1, 1957; finding appellant not to be a fit and proper person to have custody; finding ap-pellees…