Legal Opinion
Lowe v. Grasty
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 27, 1961No. Record 5338PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
On August 15, 1960, the appellant, Anna Frances Jones Lowe, mother of Michael Daniel Jones, born July 28, 1955, filed in the Circuit Court of Orange county a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain the custody of her son, naming as respondents Taylor P. Grasty and the other two members of the Orange County Department of Public Welfare, together with Ruth C. Potts, Superintendent of said department.
The petitioner alleged that respondents had custody of her son under an order of said court entered on April 5, 1960, which was invalid and void in that it was entered on an appeal from an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Humphreys v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Buchanan v. BuchananSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Broyhill v. DawsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
- Kanter v. HollandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- Turner v. Children's Home Society of Virginia, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1932
3Cited by6 opinions
- Peyton v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Weaver v. Roanoke Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Shank v. Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
- Poole v. PooleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
- In re Adoption of A. R. M.Richmond County Circuit Court · 1990
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