In re Baby Betty
Michigan Supreme Court
Error and certiorari to Wayne; Moynihan (Joseph A.), J. Habeas corpus proceedings by Anna Van Marter against Henry S. Hulbert, probate judge of Wayne county, and others to obtain the custody of Baby Betty. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
Baby Betty is the child of an unmarried woman and was born in Toledo, October 6, 1917. After the birth the mother released the child for adoption to the House of Providence, Detroit, and disappeared. The House of Providence is a Michigan corporation licensed by the State board of corrections and charities (now State welfare commission, Act No. 163, Pub. Acts 1921 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1922, § 1989 (3)]) “to engage in the business of receiving, maintaining or placing out minor children in homes in this State by indenture, adoption, on trial, or otherwise,” etc. 1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 2001 et seq.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
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