In Re Hann
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Appellant, Sarah Jane Woodhead, signed and filed a petition in the probate court asking to be appointed guardian of the person of Frances Hann, a minor, alleging that the said minor was an orphan of the age of sixteen years, in the custody of the Associated Charities of San Francisco. The Children's Agency of the Associated Charities filed an opposition to the said petition alleging that the said minor's father deserted her in 1916 and that his whereabouts has since been unknown, that her mother died in 1923, and further alleged as follows: "That the aforesaid Sarah Jane Woodhead is in no way related to the said minor, has only seen her a few times, does not know her well and is not well qualified to act as her guardian nor is she able to give the kind of home surroundings that the said minor at present needs." "That on the 23d day of July, 1916, the said minor, Frances Hann, was committed to the care of her mother, and that on the 12th day of April, 1927 (1917), the said minor was again committed to the Children's Agency, a department of the Associated Charities of San Francisco, a corporation, both of said commitments having been duly signed and entered by the above entitled…