Brown v. King

Beasley, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision by the probate court in a dispute regarding the guardianship of a minor child. Brown is the natural mother of an illegitimate three-and-a-half year old son. At the time of the birth in January 1986, Brown was fifteen. The child suffered from illnesses which required medical care and Brown had difficulty in car*496ing for him. The child was placed in a foster home until King, the mother of a man who claimed to be the child’s natural father, permitted Brown and the child to reside in her home. King’s son was not named on the child’s birth certificate…