In Re Schultz

This is an appeal from a decree adjudging Walter Schultz a ward of the juvenile court and depriving Jeanette Connors and her mother, Mrs. Lena Connors, of the custody of said ward.

Walter Schultz is an illegitimate child of about five years of age. About four years ago his mother, who has since disappeared, left the child with Jeanette Connors, an unmarried woman, upon the promise to pay her for its care. Miss Connors lived in the home of her mother, Mrs. Lena Connors, and with two adult brothers. The court found, upon evidence amply sufficient for the purpose, that this home was not a fit place for the child because Jeanette Connors had recently given birth to an illegitimate child in the home and that the two sons were men of questionable repute.

On this appeal it is argued that Mrs. Lena Connors has been deprived of the custody of the child without legal process. . The record does not show that she was served with process, but it does show that she appeared at the hearing personally and with counsel and made no objection to the want of service. Though the evidence is somewhat conflicting, it was sufficient to support the conclusion that the child had been placed in the…