DOAN THI HOANG ANH v. NELSON

No. 3-59318.

245 N.W.2d 511 (1976)

DOAN THI HOANG ANH, Appellee, v. Johnny NELSON and Bonnie Nelson, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyle, Schuler & Stanton, Clear Lake, for appellants.

Pappas, McGuire & Folkers, Mason City, for appellee.

En banc.


MOORE, Chief Justice.

This is a habeas corpus action by Doan Thi Hoang Anh (Anh), a refugee from Vietnam, to regain custody of her son Doan Van Binh (Binh) from defendants (Nelsons) in whose home the minor child had been placed for adoption by a Colorado child placement agency which had evacuated the child from Vietnam.

The trial court sustained the writ and specifically found Anh was Binh's natural mother; she had neither abandoned nor released Binh for purpose...

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