Stafford v. Taylor

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Plaintiff, as next friend, brought habeas proceedings to secure custody of four year old grandson previously placed in care of and residing with defendant.

Trial court sustained writ and defendant appeals. We reverse.

Unavoidably each case of this nature must be resolved upon the basis of circumstances peculiar to it alone. As a result, the involved tragic factual situation must be set forth at some length.

Identification of parties, to whom reference will hereafter be made, is essential to an understanding of the case.

Robert Dale Stafford, Jr., subject child was born July 17,…