State Ex Rel. Vik v. Sivertson

This is a habeas corpus proceeding instituted July 22, 1933, upon petition to the district court of St. Louis county by Mrs. Marie Vik to obtain custody of her then 12-year old daughter Margaret, detained by Bertha Sivertson and her husband. Two hearings were had in the district court. Upon the evidence taken thereat the court found that Mrs. Vik was a woman of good character, able to provide a home for and support of her child and had never waived nor forfeited her legal right to the custody of said child, and made an order awarding the custody and requiring the delivery of the child to its…