In re Petagno

Van Winkle, A. M.(1) The writ of habeas corpus issued in this custody proceeding is not to result merely in either a termination or a continuance of the alleged restraint which, usually, is the function of such a writ. The writ brought the infant born out of wedlock on July 12th, 1944, to Helen Piazza, who was then nineteen years old, under the parens patria jurisdiction of this court and an issue of custody was thus raised. The writ may not he regarded as authorized by the provision respecting habeas corpus in the Minors Act (B. S. 9:2-7), for that relates to the bringing of “a child of the…