De Angelis v. Kelly

This is an appeal from an order of Judge Dickerson, sitting in the Baltimore City Court. It was passed in a habeas corpus case, brought by the appellees, to determine the custody of an infant. The appellants are the mother and adopting father of the child, and the appellee, Frances W. Kelley, is a great aunt. Mrs. Kelly had the custody of the child from the time she was three months old, until November, 1943, when she was transferred to the appellants on writ of habeas corpus, by Judge Moylan, sitting in the Baltimore City Court. She is now about four and one-half years old. After the…