White v. Appleton

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the mother of a three-year-old male child from a decree removing custody of her child and granting its custody jointly to its maternal grandparents.

After studying the record, we think it accurate to sum up the situation as follows : Loretta Appleton White left school in the tenth grade. She was married at the age of 15 or 16, became a mother and divorced at 17. The father of her child gave no support to her or her child. She came home to her mother and stepfather, attended business school briefly and took employment as she could find it. Her mother…