Harbin v. Sandlin

Bowles, Justice.

The appellee-mother filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that she was the natural mother of Emmett Marlin Harbin, III, a minor child; that she was granted custody of said child pursuant to a decree of divorce entered in Jefferson County, Alabama on *678November 21, 1972; and that the child’s paternal grandparents, appellants herein, were illegally restraining the child. She prayed for the return of her minor son.

Submitted March 23, 1979 Decided May 30, 1979.

The trial court, hearing evidence, found that appellee had, by contract, granted temporary custody to the…