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STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. LIPE

No. 74-357.

521 S.W.2d 526 (1975)

The STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE et al., Appellants, v. Lula Mae Stracner LIPE, as mother and next friend of Michael Stracner, a minor, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe L. Bethea, Hot Springs, for appellants.

R. W. Laster, Little Rock, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by the appellee, Lula Mae Stracner Lipe, as the mother and next friend of Michael Stracner, a minor born January 26, 1956. The defendants are the State Department of Public Welfare and the Arkansas Children's Colony Board, the latter now designated as the Arkansas Board of Mental Retardation. Ark.Stat. Ann. § 59-1003 (Repl.1971). The petition alleges that Michael is unlawfully detained...

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