Commonwealth Ex Rel. Shelton v. Bush Et Ux.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

Christine Shelton, by her guardian George Shelton, on 'September 12, 1942, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to obtain from the respondents, Alonzo Bush and Gussie Bush his wife, the custody of her 2% year old illegitimate child, Yvonne Vernile Shelton, born February 5, 1940. The writ was granted and after a full hearing was had the court below awarded the legal custody of the child to the respondents.

Christine when 17 years of age, a student in high school, and residing with her parents in Lynchburg, Virginia, became pregnant. To keep her condition concealed…