STATE, IN INTEREST OF HALES

No. 13918.

538 P.2d 1034 (1975)

STATE of Utah, in the Interest of HALES, Floyd Roger (6-24-65), a person under 18 years of age. Appeal of Jose LUJAN and Maggie Lujan.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Golden W. Robbins, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Frank V. Nelson, Michael C. Stead, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellee.


ELLETT, Justice:

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The record is sparse, but the following seem to be the facts:

The mother of Floyd Roger Hales is mentally incompetent, and when the child was ten days old, his father gave him to the Lujans, who are the great uncle and great aunt of the minor child.

In May, 1971, the juvenile court apparently entered an order depriving the parents permanently of the custody of the child and...

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