State ex rel. Mouton v. William

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which a mother, Mrs. Vivian Mouton Williams, seeks the custody of her 11-year-old daughter, Mary Ann Williams, now living and residing with a paternal, uncle, T. C. Williams. After trial on the merits the lower court recalled the writ and dismissed the mother’s suit, and she has appealed.

The mother, Mrs. Vivian Mouton Williams, was divorced from her husband, now deceased, in 1948, and in those proceedings was awarded the care and custody of their *459child. Thereafter the mother was adjudged insane and in June, 1949, was committed to the…