State Ex Rel. Casselman v. MacKen

The plaintiffs have appealed- from an order of the District Court dismissing both a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a petition- for a writ of mandamus. The habeas corpus action sought the return of plaintiffs’ son who had been placed in a foster home by order of a juvenile court. The-mandamus action sought to compel the county court to furnish the plaintiffs, as a part of a transcript, certain reports received by the court which were designated by statute as privileged reports. The cases' were combined for triál and appeal.' • •

In November 1973, a juvenile court petition was filed…