Doan Thi Hoang Anh v. Nelson

MOORE, Chief Justice.

This is a habeas corpus action by Doan Thi Hoang Anh (Anh), a refugee from Vietnam, to regain custody of her son Doan Van Binh (Binh) from defendants (Nelsons) in whose home the minor child had been placed for adoption by a Colorado child placement agency which had evacuated the child from Vietnam.

The trial court sustained the writ and specifically found Anh was Binh’s natural mother; she had neither abandoned nor released Binh for purpose of adoption and concluded the best interests of the child required that he be returned to his natural mother. On this appeal by…