SMITH v. HOLT

No. 2-58608.

240 N.W.2d 644 (1976)

Anita Jean SMITH, Appellee, v. David HOLT and Alberta Holt, Appellees, and Joe B. Smith, Jr. and Mabel L. Smith, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed Skinner, Irish, Skinner & Weislander, Altoona, for appellants.

William J. Koehn and Robert F. Holz, Jr., Thoma, Schoenthal, Davis, Hockenberg & Wine, Des Moines, for appellees.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REES, UHLENHOPP and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This appeal is a sequel to our prior decision in the same habeas corpus proceeding adjudicating custody of a seven-year-old child, Anita Smith. See Smith v. Holt, 225 N.W.2d 906 (Iowa 1975).

The basic facts and our reasons on that appeal for reversing trial court's award of custody to the paternal grandparents (Smiths) and awarding custody to the maternal grandmother and step-grandfather (Holts...

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