Chambers v. Lee

Hawkins, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus case filed by the father of a six-year-old boy against the child’s maternal aunt and her husband, seeking the custody of the child, who was legitimatized in Fulton Superior Court on June 26, 1959, on a petition brought by the father immediately following the death of the mother. While the record discloses that the mother and child resided in the home of the father’s mother for approximately seven months following the birth of the child, and for the next four years they resided in the home of the aforementioned maternal aunt, who cared for the child…