State Ex Rel. Van Cleave v. Frater

Thomas Silverthorn Levin (whose true surname is said to be Lewis) was born in Seattle, September 21, 1940. At the time of the birth of her son, the mother was confined in the Western Washington Hospital for the insane, at Steilacoom, where, so far as we are advised, she has remained. Apparently the child was abandoned by his father, and two months after the infant’s birth the King County Welfare Association placed him in the care of the parents of Anna Van Cleave, one of the relators herein, Mrs. Van Cleave assisting in caring for the child. After the death of Mrs. Van Cleave’s mother, Mrs.…