Fackerell v. District Court

On October 23, 1952, petitioner Arthur M. Fackerell obtained a decree of adoption for a minor child, Donna Elaine Arnold, in the county court of Moffat county. The minor had been in the custody of Fackerell and his wife for about one year prior thereto. July 9, 1955, Zella Grant, also known as Zella Ailene Arnold, the natural mother of the minor child, petitioned the district court of Adams county for a writ in the nature of habeas corpus by which she sought the custody of her child. The writ issued, and after motions to quash were denied, petitioner filed a return alleging lawful custody of…