McClellan v. Rowell

This is a controversy between Albert P. McClellan and Mrs. Hazel Blaine McClellan Rowell over the custody of their five-year old daughter, Connie Darlene McClellan.

On September 21, 1956, McClellan filed in the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, in the case styled Hazel Blaine McClellan v. Albert McClellan, the original divorce action, what he designated as “Petition of Albert McClellan for modification of decree rendered herein on the 28th day of October 1952, and for custody of his daughter, Connie Darlene McClellan, and for writ of habeas corpus.” The petition…