IN RE STUART

No. 7544.

114 F.2d 825 (1940)

In re STUART.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 5, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Lambert and George L. Hart, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Elwood H. Seal, Corp. Counsel, Vernon E. West, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and John O'Dea, Asst. Corp. Counsel, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON, and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This appeal questions the correctness of a judgment of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia entered May 12, 1939, that the appellant Fairfax Stuart, a child fifteen years of age "is without adequate parental care and support," and that she be "placed under the guardianship of Mrs. Lloyd P. Shippen...."1 The effect of the order is to displace the legal custody and

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