DUNCAN v. DAVIS

No. 10745.

485 P.2d 603 (1971)

94 Idaho 205

Ellen DUNCAN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Rollin S. DAVIS, Unified Social Services of Arizona, Inc., and Unified Social Services of Idaho, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

May 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holden, Holden, Kidwell, Hahn & Crapo, Idaho Falls, for defendants-appellants.

Albaugh, Bloem, Smith & Pike, Idaho Falls, for plaintiff-respondent.


DONALDSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by two social service agencies from a district court judgment awarding control and custody of a child to its natural mother. The mother had petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus in order to secure the return of her son whom she claimed had been unlawfully taken from her. The case does not involve the undoing of an adoption but rather whether the natural mother made a surrender of the child. This case presented...

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