McKINNEY v. WEEKS

No. 1954.

130 So.2d 310 (1961)

Joan McKINNEY, by her next friend, Ruby McKinney, Appellant, v. James Alfred WEEKS and Dorothy Miller Weeks, his wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Westman of Sutton & Brown, Orlando, for appellant.

William C. Irvin, Cocoa Beach, for appellees.


WARREN, LAMAR, Associate Judge.

Petitioner filed her petition for writ of habeas corpus to regain the custody of her infant son, who was born out of wedlock March 13, 1960. The respondents, husband and wife, whose identity was not disclosed to petitioner until the filing of the petition, gained custody of the infant some three weeks prior to the commencement of the habeas corpus proceedings.

The petition alleged...

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