Guardianship of Carrick v. Stoddard

The basic issue in this case is the guardianship, which carries with it the custody of the person, of Cynthia Ann Carrick, born October 19, 1956. Cynthia, frequently called Cindy, was the only child of Clyde and Martha (Marty) Car-rick who lost their lives July 2, 1958, in a flood in western Iowa. The contest over the guardianship of C'indy is nominally between Marjorie O. Carrick, the adoptive mother of Cindy’s father, Clyde Carrick, and Ernestine E. Stoddard, the natural sister of Cindy’s mother, Martha Carrick. However, the cus todial controversy necessarily involves also Harold Carrick,…