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GUARDIANSHIP OF ESTATE OF HENWOOD

Docket No. S.F. 19580.

49 Cal.2d 639 (1958)

320 P.2d 1

Guardianship of the Persons and Estates of DONALD BRUCE HENWOOD et al., Minors. MARY G. ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. GEORGE DONALD HENWOOD et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 17, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred B. Mellmann and Russell P. Studebaker for Appellant.

J.F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), R. Robert Hunter, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Richard J. Moore, Deputy District Attorney, and Raymond N. Baker, for Respondents.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Richard L. Mayers, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae, on behalf of Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

In June, 1955, the mother of Donald Bruce Henwood and Joel Arthur Henwood died. In July, 1955, their father relinquished them for adoption to the Alameda County Welfare Commission, a licensed adoption agency. In October, 1955, their maternal grandmother, Mary G. Alexander, petitioned to be appointed their guardian. At that time the children were 8 and 5 years of age. The trial court found that Mrs. Alexander, aged 63, was a fit person to have the custody...

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