Victoria Lynn Durst 1948-

Victoria Lynn Durst, daughter of Sheldon Harris Durst (1927- ) who was the son of Wade Sheldon Durst (1890-1966); the son of John Wesley Durst (1859-1923, my great-great uncle); the son of Daniel Durst (1812-1875); the son of David Darst (1775-1814); the son of Abraham Darst (1745-1822) the son of our Pfeddersheim immigrant Abraham Derst (1725-1772) was involved in a controversial child custody case...


Child Custody Case
to Supreme Court


DES MOINES AP--- A controversy over the custody of 8-year-old Victoria Lynn Durst was appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court Wednesday.

Contenders are her father, Sheldon Durst, a Newton policeman, and his mother and her present husband, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Roach of near Clarinda. The Roaches have the child, although her custody was given to her father at the time the Durst's were divorced in 1949.

The Jasper County District Court granted Durst a writ of Habeas corpus, giving him the custody of the child. The Roaches appealed.

Durst claims he should have custody of the girl because the divorce court so ruled, and because he now has remarried and can make a home for her. The Roaches, who said Durst voluntarily placed the child with them, contend that the child's welfare would best be served in the Roach home.

17 SEP 1953 - Council Bluffs Iowa Nonpareil, Coucil Bluffs, Iowa