State Ex Rel. Smith v. Superior Court

The present proceeding was commenced in this court by the putative father of two minor children to review, by writ of certiorari, an order wherein the superior court for King county, exercising its jurisdiction in juvenile cases, found the minors (aged three and -five years) to be dependent children within the meaning of the juvenile court statute (Laws of 1913, chapter 160, p. 520, § 1), made the minors wards of the court, and placed them in the custody of Leona Marie Sparks, their maternal aunt.

The matter originated in the superior court on petition of Leona Marie Sparks, who alleged that…