Kantorowicz v. Reams

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This is an unusual case between the mother of a six-year old boy, Bruce Barton, and the mother’s parents involving the boy’s adoption and custody. The appeal is by the mother, Mildred Kantorowicz, from a judgment of adoption of the child by his grandparents and the award of his custody to them.

The petition or complaint was filed by the grandparents, Berton and Maggie Reams, seeking to adopt the child and to have his complete custody and control. They charged that insofar as his relations with his mother were concerned the boy was a neglected and abandoned child within…