KEARNEY v. STATE


174 Conn. 244 (1978)

JAMES T. KEARNEY ET AL. v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Cochran, for the appellants (intervening defendants Robert and Nancy Santacroce).

Martin B. Burke, with whom were Leo B. Flaherty, Jr. and Mitchel E. Kallet, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

HOUSE, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and SPEZIALE, JS.


SPEZIALE, J.

This is an appeal by the intervening defendants, Robert and Nancy Santacroce, from a judgment of the Superior Court, denying their prayer for a writ of habeas corpus and ordering that custody of the minor child remain with the plaintiffs, James and Alice Kearney.

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