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LAVELL v. ADOPTION INSTITUTE

Docket No. 24588.

185 Cal.App.2d 557 (1960)

8 Cal. Rptr. 367

FREDERICK LAVELL, Respondent, v. THE ADOPTION INSTITUTE (a Corporation), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

October 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon, Knapp, Gill & Hibbert and B. Richard Marsh for Appellant.

No appearance for Respondent.

SHINN, P.J.

Frederick Lavell brought an action against The Adoption Institute, a California corporation, seeking custody of a child named Baby Lavell who was in the custody of the institute which answered the complaint, alleging its right to custody of the baby on the ground that its mother Mary Kristek, a single person, had released the baby to the institute. The judgment declared that plaintiff is entitled to custody of the child, and the institute has appealed...

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