Kittel v. Comstock

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Where, as here, a Florida divorce decree allegedly gave custody of a minor child to the father, who thereafter voluntarily released custody to his parents for adoption to which he had given his consent, and the mother of the child thereafter brought habeas corpus proceedings against the husband’s parents seeking custody of the child, and after a hearing, the judge ordered the child to remain in the custody of the grandparents with visitation privileges to the mother, and provided that the case be continued for approximately six months at which time permanent custody…