Clardy v. Ford

June 15, 1943.

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus involving the custody of Willis Daniel Clardy, who is a boy two years of age. The petitioner is his mother, and the respondent, Mrs. Rufus Ford, is his great-aunt, the sister of his paternal grandmother.

The petitioner claims that she is entitled to the custody of the child. The respondent in her return alleges that the father of the child removed him from the custody of his mother to the respondent's home with the request that she take care of the child. He is a soldier in the Army of the United States now stationed in the State of…