Garvin Ex Rel. Leech v. Garvin

Habeas corpus proceedings by plaintiff-aunt to recover custody of a four-year-old niece who had resided with her periodically, the last time for more than two years, and been forcibly removed from the aunt’s home by the child’s father.

From trial court’s decree adverse to defendant he appeals. We affirm.

Since each ease of this nature must be determined according to the circumstances peculiar to it alone, the factual situation must be stated at some length.

When defendant-father was about two and a half his parents died. He was reared by an aunt, Mrs. Wilma Schafnit, and her husband on a farm…