Commonwealth Ex Rel. Logsdon v. Logsdon

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

Mary P. Logsdon of Mt. Savage, Allegany County, Maryland, instituted a habeas corpus proceeding to obtain the custody of three of her children, Herald age 14, William age 8, and Jerome age 2, who live with the respondents, their paternal grandparents, William and Nora Logsdon of Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

The father of these children has been in the military service since 1942 and is presently located in India. Gerald, the oldest of these children, was given originally to the respondents by his parents when only 5 months old for a short period,…