WOOD v. BEARD

No. 4054.

280 So.2d 567 (1973)

Patricia Beard WOOD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. BEARD, Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

On Rehearing May 30, 1973.

Writ Granted August 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dudley P. Spiller, Jr., and Doris Falkenheiner, Legal Aid Society of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

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

Before FRUGÉ, HOOD and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

In this matter, which has been before us previously on a motion to dismiss the appeal, Wood v. Beard, La.App., 268 So.2d 152, we are asked to reverse a District Court judgment awarding the custody of the minor child, Abre Lee Wood, to her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Beard.

That judgment was the result of litigation initiated by the plaintiff mother through a writ of habeas corpus whereby...

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