In Re Pinnell

John H. Pinnell, the petitioner and appellant in this matter, sought to be appointed guardian of the person and estate of Mildred Bernice Pinnell, -the three year old daughter of himself and Erma M. Pinnell, his wife. At the time the application was made the minor was in the care of the mother, 'who, the petitioner alleged, was an unfit and improper person to have the custody of the child. These accusations were denied by the mother. The trial court found that the petitioner and respondent are husband and wife, living in a state of separation, but not divorced. It determined that both parents are fit and proper persons to have the care and custody of the minor, and that neither has any right superior to the other in that regard While they continue to live separate and apart. It determined that it would be for the best interests of the minor that she be placed, and remain, in the custody of the mother. It made an order to that effect, and directed Mrs. Pinnell to file an undertaking in the sum of two thousand dollars conditioned that she would not take, or permit the child to be taken, from the county of Fresno. The father was granted permission to visit his daughter at all…