Hanson v. Stegall

Hawkins, Justice.

This habeas corpus proceeding was instituted in the City Court of Thomasville by a mother, seeking custody" of her minor son, who, it is alleged, is in custody of a paternal uncle of the child, as a result of his appointment as guardian of the child, due to the death of the child’s father and aunt. In the divorce proceeding, in 1944, in Thomas Superior Court, in which a final decree of divorce was rendered, the custody of the child was awarded to the father’s sister, Mrs. D. M. Register, with the right in both parties to visit and be with the child during reasonable visiting…