TOLAR v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 6892.

368 So.2d 1188 (1979)

Jeannie Elizabeth TOLAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William Raymond CUNNINGHAM and Patricia Ann Carroll Cunningham, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rozas, Manuel, Fontenot & McGee, A. Bruce Rozas, Mamou, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mansour, Davis & Saybe, Alfred A. Mansour, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before WATSON, SWIFT and STOKER, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus action brought by the mother of an illegitimate child attempting to regain custody of the child from her uncle and aunt. The issue posed by this case is what are the appropriate and proper tests to be applied in determining the right to custody of a minor child in a dispute between a parent and a non-parent of the child.

On February 24, 1978, plaintiff, Jeannie Elizabeth Tolar, gave birth to a baby girl named Becky Elizabeth...

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