COM. ex rel. ASHFIELD v. CORTES


210 Pa.Super. 515 (1967)

Commonwealth ex rel. Ashfield, Appellant, v. Cortes.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Veith, of Community Legal Services, Inc., for appellant.

Edward Stone, with him W. Belskin Ginsburg and Martin P. Mullen, for appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, and SPAULDING, JJ.


OPINION BY SPAULDING, J., September 15, 1967:

This appeal is from the dismissal in the Philadelphia County Court of a habeas corpus petition filed by Olivia Ashfield, appellant, for the custody of her five minor grandchildren.

Appellant, a subject of Great Britain residing in London, England, came to Philadelphia in July 1966 to aid her daughter Justine Cortes, respondent and mother of the children. Respondent...

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