In re the Appointment of a General Guardian of the Persons & Estates of Cuddihy

Edgar F. Hazleton, S.

The petitioner prays that she be appointed general guardian of the persons and property of her five grandchildren. Her prayer is opposed by that of the mother of the children who in turn requests that she be appointed general guardian. The father of the children is dead.

The characters in this continuing tragedy are Julia B. Cud-dihy, the petitioning paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Cuddihy Godbee, the mother, Mary Smiley Cuddihy, the stepmother, and the children, Robert A. Cuddihy, age 11, Edith Therese Cud-dihy, age 9, Sean T. Cuddihy, age 7, Michael Elizabeth Cuddihy,…