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MCGAFFIN v. ROBERTS

(11976)

193 Conn. 393 (1984)

WILLIAM MCGAFFIN v. CATHY ROBERTS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released June 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel V. Presnick, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Peter M. Sipples, with whom, on the brief, were David J. Peska and Lynda B. Munro, for the appellee (defendant).

SPEZIALE, C. J., HEALEY, PARSKEY, SHEA and GRILLO, JS.

ARTHUR H. HEALEY, J.

This appeal involves a habeas corpus action instituted by the plaintiff, William McGaffin (father), to obtain custody of Cathy McGaffin (child), his four year old daughter, after the death of Lena McGaffin (mother), the child's mother who was the plaintiff's divorced wife. The habeas corpus was brought against the defendant, Cathy Roberts, the maternal grandmother (grandmother), who contested the action and requested that she be awarded custody...

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