Ex Parte Schultz

OPINION

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus.

Unquestionably the most difficult and perplexing problems which ever come before a court for decision are those questions which, while involving no financial consideration, have to do with those vitally important but wholly imponderable questions of human relations involving the basis sentiment of the care, custody, control, and welfare of a minor child. Such a one is the present case.

The petition charges that a minor, a baby boy, is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by Mr. and Mrs. John Doe, prospective adoptive parents…