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HAMILTON v. BROWN

272 S.W.2d 663 (1954)

Ola HAMILTON et al., Appellants, v. Riley BROWN et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley G. Lemon, Liberty, L. C. Lawrence, Jamestown, for appellants.

Morris Montgomery, Oliver Popplewell, Liberty, for appellees.

CAMMACK, Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. Riley Brown filed a complaint on July 15, 1953, seeking to adopt Linda Carter, now six years of age. Ola Carter Hamilton and Frank Hamilton, mother and stepfather of the child, attempted to regain her custody through a habeas corpus proceeding filed August 24, 1953.

The chancellor denied both the adoption complaint and the habeas corpus complaint, but awarded custody of Linda to Mr. and Mrs. Brown for nine months of each year...

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