Walker v. Steele

Wyatt, Justice.

Josephine Steele filed in Fulton Superior Court a petition for habeas corpus, seeking the custody of her minor child, Lawrence G. Walker Jr., then alleged to be in the custody of Wade Walker, an uncle of the child. The defendant answered, alleging that the custody of the child was awarded to Mrs. Frank G. Azar, the sister of the defendant, on May 28, 1943, by the Juvenile Court of Fulton County, and that the child "visits in his home and attends Sacred Heart School with his two daughters.” The trial court awarded custody of the child to the mother, Mrs. Josephine Steele. The…