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Show A PARENTS RIGHT Natural parents have the first and best right to their t children. This right is fixed in the laws of every state. Occasionally, Occa-sionally, these laws may result 1 in some injustice, as in the case considered in this issue. I A young mother, dying soon, after her baby was born, asked her friend to care for it. The baby, Maureen, grew into a , charming and attractive child. Now her father, who has paid no attention to Maureen for five years, and has not con- i tributed to her support, wants his daughter. He is married again, and is fairly prosperous. The mother's friend, Mary Lee, who cared lovingly for Maureen during the trying years of babyhood, doesn't want to give up the child. She plans to fight for Maureen in court, although she has no adoption papers, or any legal claim. |