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JOHNSON v. LLOYD

No. 3660.

211 A.2d 764 (1965)

Charles B. JOHNSON, Mabel E. Johnson, Individually and as next friends of Joyce Elaine Lloyd, Appellants, v. Mae LLOYD, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman L. Dodson, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Lewis Franke, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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

HOOD, Chief Judge.

This action was brought for the custody of a four-year-old girl. The plaintiffs (now appellants) are a married couple with whom the child has resided for over three years. The defendant (now appellee) is the natural mother of the child. From the evidence the trial court found that the mother "is a fit and proper person to have custody of her minor child, and that it is in the best interests of the child that custody be awarded to her." Appellants...

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