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STEVENS v. BROWN

No. 3290.

194 A.2d 126 (1963)

Betty Moxley STEVENS, Appellant, v. William H. BROWN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 7, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Robert Cervera, Washington, D. C., with whom Davis & Cervera, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Harvey B. Bolton, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom William H. Clarke, Richard W. Galiher and William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Chief Judge.

This appeal is by a mother of an illegitimate child from an order awarding custody of the child to the father. An understanding of the question presented requires a summary of three legal proceedings.

The first proceeding was an action commenced in the District of Columbia by the father against the mother for custody of the child. After a hearing the trial court on March 14, 1960, found in effect that neither the father nor the mother was...

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