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FINKEN v. PORTER

No. 48732.

72 N.W.2d 445 (1955)

Russell Ellis FINKEN, a Minor, by Ellis B. Finken, His Father and Next Friend, Appellant, v. Glen PORTER, an Individual, Glen Porter, Guardian of Russell Ellis Finken, a Minor, Jonas Jackson and Esta Jackson, Appellees, Consolidated with In the Matter of the Guardianship of Russell Finken, a Minor.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 18, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Egan, Missouri Valley, and Russell S. McKay, Logan, for appellant.

Carl V. Burbridge, Logan, and Peterson, Smith, Peterson, Beckman & Willson, Council Bluffs, for appellees.

GARFIELD, Justice.

By this action in habeas corpus Ellis Finken, surviving parent of Russell Finken, born August 24, 1949, seeks his custody from Esta Jackson, maternal grandmother, and her husband Jonas. Ellis also asks that Glen Porter, Russell's stepfather, be removed as the boy's guardian. Following trial the district court held it was for the best interests of Russell that his custody be awarded the Jacksons with whom he has been living and denied relief to the...

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