KOURIS v. LUNN

No. 51743.

136 N.W.2d 502 (1965)

James Brent KOURIS, by Ilo Wynn, His Next Friend, Appellant, v. Verna LUNN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. M. Manly, Grinnell, and Gamble, Read, Riepe, Martin & Webster, Des Moines, for appellant.

Bray, McCoy & Faulkner, Oskaloosa, for appellee.


PETERSON, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus action involving the custody of a small child named James Brent Kouris (known as Jimmie). He is the son of Roselyn Kay Kouris (known as Kay) and the question is whether or not Kay, the mother, Ilo Wynn, the grandmother, or Verna Lunn, his great-aunt should have custody.

I. Kay was first married when she was 14 years of age. She had a little boy soon after marriage but she assigned all interest in that boy to her husband...

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