State Ex Rel. Frederick v. District Court of Fourteenth Judicial Dist.

Petition for writ of mandamus or other supervisory writ.

The petition in this matter alleges that on November 13, 1942, the district court in and for Meagher county made and entered an order adjudging the four minor children of Pat G. and Frances B. Woods dependent and neglected and awarded the care and custody of such children to the “division of Child Welfare Service of the Department of Public Welfare of the State of Montana.” This state institution will, for the sake of brevity, .be hereinafter referred to as the Welfare Department. It appears from the record that in the proceeding by…