Culpepper v. Osteen, (1943)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 6
Judges: BROWN, J.:
Attorneys: Parks M. Carmichael, for appellants.
Zach H. Douglas, for appellee.
Filed: Jun. 11, 1943
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court in habeas corpus proceedings ordering that the custody of a little girl, two years and a few months old, be given back to the appellee, the child's natural mother, who by force of circumstances had left the child in the care and custody of the appellants for a period of some 14 months. They had given the child the best of attention and had developed a sincere affection for her. The law governing this important class of cases is quite well se
Summary: This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court in habeas corpus proceedings ordering that the custody of a little girl, two years and a few months old, be given back to the appellee, the child's natural mother, who by force of circumstances had left the child in the care and custody of the appellants for a period of some 14 months. They had given the child the best of attention and had developed a sincere affection for her. The law governing this important class of cases is quite well set..
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After a careful consideration of the evidence in this case in the light of briefs and the argument of counsel, I am convinced that the appellee, Dorothy Osteen, is an unfit person to have custody and control of a girl child.
TERRELL, J., concurs.
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