In Re Tiffany

The petition recites that James E. Tiffany is the father and proper guardian of William McFarland Tiffany, who is restrained of his liberty by the judge of the bation officer, and May C. Sprague, matron of Maude juvenile court of Los Angeles County, the referee, pro-Booth Home in Los Angeles. The detention is alleged to be illegal in that a petition under the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act was filed on August 28, 1919, and the boy found by the referee to be a ward of the juvenile court, without the knowledge of this petitioner, and that no citation was served upon the father as required by law.

The respondent May C. Sprague, matron of the Maude Bobth Home, answered to the writ, stating that the boy was in. her custody by virtue of a judgment entered in the juvenile court on September 5, 1919. Attached to her answer is a certified copy of the judgment, which recites that notice was served on James E. Tiffany more than twenty-four hours before the hearing, and that he was present at the time specified in the citation. By the judgment the boy is declared a ward of the court and ordered committed to the Maude Booth Home, in custody of the probation officer.

The Juvenile Court…