Application of GK

248 N.W.2d 380 (1976)

Application of G. K. for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

No. 11873.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

December 31, 1976.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1977.

Thomas C. Barnett, Jr., Gary R. Thomas, Fort Thompson, for appellant.

John F. Cogley, of Morgan, Fuller, Theeler & Cogley, Mitchell, for respondent.

WINANS, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment granting custody of her child to its natural father. This is the type of case in which the courts are expected to act with Solomon-like wisdom. Any solution reached in a custody case is seldom totally satisfactory. We affirm.

G. K., the…