BURTON v. WALKER

No. 69-272.

231 So.2d 20 (1970)

Charles BURTON and Lucile Burton, His Wife, and Alfonso Burton, Appellants, v. Mae Frances WALKER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

January 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Pyle, Lake Alfred, for appellants.

J. Julian Bennett, Winter Haven, for appellee.


PIERCE, Acting Chief Judge.

The only question raised by the Burtons, appellants, on this appeal is whether the trial Court erred in entering judgment in favor of Mrs. Walker, appellee, without first affording the Burtons an opportunity to present their case.

Mrs. Walker filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the lower Court seeking to obtain custody of her three-year old child born out of wedlock. She alleged that she placed the child in the custody...

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