Gaskins v. Beasley

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

This is a habeas corpus case, filed by the parents of two minor children against the maternal uncle and his wife, seeking custody of their children, which they had voluntarily released to the respondents until such time as they would be able to offer the children a suitable home. The record discloses that the mother of the children had been sentenced to the penitentiary after conviction of a felony prior to the voluntary release of parental control; that the father was thereafter convicted of abandonment and ordered to pay support under a court order, but his…