HALSTEAD v. HALSTEAD

No. 52129.

144 N.W.2d 861 (1966)

Phillip Walter HALSTEAD, a minor, by Katie Halstead Lee, his natural Guardian and next friend, Appellee, v. Walter HALSTEAD and Martha Halstead, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Kemmerer, Oelwein, for appellants.

Darold J. Jack, Oelwein, for appellee.


RAWLINGS, Justice.

By habeas corpus proceedings plaintiff mother sought custody of her then 12 year old son who had for ten years resided with defendants, his paternal grandparents. From decree by the trial court adverse to defendants they appealed. Each case of this nature must be determined according to the circumstances peculiar to it alone.

Katie Halstead Lee, hereafter sometimes referred to as petitioner, dropped out of school while in the tenth grade...

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