Blakemore v. Blakemore

Candler, Justice.

This habeas corpus proceeding involves a contest between the mother and the father of an illegitimate girl fifteen years of age who has never been legitimated by her father under the provisions of Code § 74-103. On the hearing and after both parties had introduced their evidence, the court awarded custody of the child to its mother and the respondent father excepted to that judgment. Held:

1. “The mother of an illegitimate child shall be entitled to the possession of the child, unless the father shall legitimate him as before [Code § 74-103] provided. Being the only recognized…