State Ex Rel. Sparks v. Reeves

97 So.2d 18 (1957)

STATE ex rel. Charles B. SPARKS, Appellant,

v.

Mrs. A.E. REEVES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 18, 1957.

David Lanier, Madison, for appellant.

John K. Folsom and Hopkins & Folsom, Tallahassee, for appellee.

THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant Sparks who was petitioner below in a habeas corpus proceeding involving the custody of two children seeks reversal of an order of the Circuit Judge denying the prayer of his petition.

The determining question is whether the showing made by the appellant who was the father of the children was sufficient to justify a transfer of custody…