WOOD v. BEARD

No. 4054.

268 So.2d 152 (1972)

Patricia Beard WOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. BEARD, Defendant-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris Falkenheiner, Legal Aid Society of Baton Rouge, Asst. Director, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gravel, Roy & Burnes, by J. Michael Small, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

Mrs. Patricia Beard Wood instituted this habeas corpus proceeding to obtain custody of her minor child. Judgment was rendered by the trial court awarding custody of the child to defendants. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beard. Plaintiff appealed. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's appeal on the ground that it was not taken timely, and the matter is before us now on that motion.

The sole issue presented is whether the appeal was perfected within...

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