Belderes v. Jones

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

This habeas corpus proceeding was instituted by the-appellant, Dorothy Belderes, in the Floyd County Court to obtain custody of her nine year old child, Alma Sue Fields, whom she had left with the appellees in 1940, when the child was 13 months of age. The county judge stated in his opinion and judgment that he was acquainted with all the parties who testified in the case. From his analysis and. review of the evidence he concluded that it was best for the child to remain with the appellees; hence this appeal.

There is conflicting proof as to…