Guardianship of Minnicar

CONLEY, J. pro tem. *

Maria Culver Minnicar, whose guardianship is under question on this appeal, was born October 1, 1951, in Bakersfield. Her mother, Josephine Mary Culver, then under commitment to the women’s prison at Tehaehapi after a forgery conviction in San Francisco, was not married to the father. The baby when only a month old was placed by the Kern County Welfare Department in the home of the petitioner and respondent, Jessie Viola Banks, and her husband, as licensed foster parents, and they have since regularly received pay therefor; however, the respondent testified that she has…