Commonwealth Ex Rel. Minnick v. Wilson

Opinion by

Boss, J.,

This is a habeas corpus action brought by the mother of an infant girl against its foster parents to secure its custody. The court below on August 20, 1945, awarded custody of the child to the mother, and the foster parents appeal to this court.

On July 10, 1943, the relatrix, at that time sixteen years of age and unmarried, gave birth to the child involved in this proceeding. After the child was born in a hospital in Philadelphia, the mother, who was employed in Washington, D. C., took the baby to the home of her half-sister, Esther Walter, and the latter’s husband, William…