People Ex Rel. Irby v. Dubois

Petitioner 1 appeals from a judgment denying her petition for a writ of habeas corpus and awarding custody of her twin daughters to respondent,1 the natural father.

The parties met in 1963 and respondent began residing with petitioner and her children soon thereafter. The parties never married. On July 21, 1973, petitioner gave birth to twin daughters. Respondent moved out of petitioner’s home in March of 1974 and married Barbara Jean Dubois on April 11, 1974.

On April 14, 1974, respondent came to petitioner’s apartment and, representing that he wanted to show the babies to friends, took the…