Sneed v. Sneed

An appeal from an order declaring the child of plaintiff and defendant to have been a dependent child and committing the child to the custody of the welfare department. The order directed the department to place the child with defendant for actual care.

On April 20, 1959, plaintiff, Beverly Sneed, now Norton, was awarded a default decree of divorce from defendant. The decree also awarded plaintiff custody of the infant son of the parties named Patrick. Although the decree awarded legal custody to plaintiff, the actual physical care and custody of the child had been with plaintiff’s mother,…