SMITH v. MARTIN

No. 8989.

269 So.2d 558 (1972)

Shirley Marie SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mrs. Forrest MARTIN, Sr., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Hanemann, Jr. (Henderson, Hanemann & Morris), Houma, for plaintiff-appellant.

Morris A. Lottinger (Lottinger & Lottinger), Houma, for defendant-appellee.

Before SARTAIN, BLANCHE and EVERETT, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

Shirley Marie Smith filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus seeking to obtain the custody of her minor child, Dean O. Martin, age six, from its paternal grandmother, Mrs. Forrest Martin, Sr. The trial judge dismissed plaintiff's petition and awarded the permanent custody to Mrs. Martin, Sr., from which judgment plaintiff appeals. We reverse.

The petition alleges inter alia that the child is the issue of her marriage to John L. Martin;...

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