Guardianship of McCoy

This is an appeal from a judgment and order appointing the father of the minor in question the guardian of the minor’s person and estate. Appellant is the second husband of the minor’s mother and the stepfather of the minor. The question here involves the right, as between the natural father and the stepfather of the child, to appointment as the child’s guardian, under the circumstances presented.

At the time of the father’s, respondent’s, petition for custody herein the minor, a boy, was seven years of age and his mother was dead. About the time the boy was two years old his mother obtained a…