In Re Estate of Allen
California Supreme Court
APPEALS from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco refusing to set aside an order for the adoption of a minor, and from an order refusing a petition for letters of guardianship of the person and estate of such minor. James M. Troutt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
The controversy embodied in these appeals turns upon the right to the custody of Mavis Kathryn Allen, a minor. The minor is the daughter of Peri E. Allen and Catherine B. Allen, who, at the date of the child’s birth, August 29, 1900, were husband and wife. On October 16, 1901, in an action instituted by the wife, a decree of divorce was entered in her favor, and by the decree the care, custody, and control of the minor were awarded to the plaintiff: in the action, “with the privilege given the defendant of visiting said child at all reasonable times.”
The mother, to whom the custody of the…
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