Fletcher v. Lippert's Guardian

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

This action involves the right of a statutory guardian to the custody of the ward, under section 2032, Kentucky Statutes, as against that of a grandmother, under the facts set forth in the pleadings of the parties.

Peter Charles Lippert and Grace Fletcher Lippert were husband and wife residing in Jefferson county, Ky., in December, 1928, when their child, Theresa Catherine Lippert, was born. In June, 1929, its father died, leaving it and the mother surviving. Immediately the mother appeared in the county court of Jefferson county and sought the…