Cooley v. Washington

ROVER, Chief Judge.

The unusual contest between a natural mother and a stepmother for custody of a child whose adopting parents are deceased is the subject of review in this appeal.

In 1944 a son was born to appellant, who was unmarried at the time and living with her mother in Virginia, When the child was eighteen months old appellant’s mother became ill, and in order that appellant might devote her full time and care to the mother, appellant’s elder sister and brother-in-law, Carrie and Armstead Washington, assumed the care and upbringing of the child. The minor continued to live with the…