Wright v. Fitzgibbons

Mrs. Fitzgibbons filed a petition in compliance with Section 1269, Code 1942, for the adoption of a child of which Mrs. Wright was the mother. Mrs. Wright appeared, filed an answer objecting to the adoption and a cross-petition praying that the custody of the child be awarded to her by a writ of habeas corpus. The appellee's petition alleged that the appellant had consented to this adoption and also that she had abandoned the child. After hearing the evidence, both for and against the adoption of the child, the court rendered a decree reciting that the child, which was then about five and a…