Lee v. Lee

Citations

• 67 Fla. 396
• 65 So. 585

Syllabus

<p>In a habeas corpus proceeding brought by petitioner and his wife to obtain possession from the father of a female child about seven years old, where it appears that the father has never in a legal way relinquished his parental rights on the child, and that he is a fit person to have the custody of her, the fact that petitioner and his wife have raised the child from its infancy, and are deeply attached to her, will not suffice to deprive the father of his common law right to custody of his child, nor relieve him from his parental obligations to her.</p>