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Word: guardianship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Vlasta, 8-were often cared for by a local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith. Smith, an Air Force Reserve sergeant, and his wife, a nurse's aide, eagerly added them to their own household of three children upon Gabriel's death and filed suit for legal guardianship. The couple's claim was based on Gabriel's deathbed wish that the children remain in the U.S., and also on the argument that they were too Americanized to return home. Vlasta pressed her case through a lawyer hired by the Czech embassy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Two on the Seesaw | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

...they were not on the designated plane. Aided by a last-minute community appeal organized by one of the children's teachers in their Catholic school, Sister Sean Patrice, the Smiths had won a temporary restraining order on the juvenile court decision, and were appealing their petition for guardianship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Two on the Seesaw | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

Vlasta now is agonizing over whether to fly to California to attend next week's guardianship hearing. She is torn between her desire to be on hand, and her inability to handle the expense involved. Vlasta says that she still does not understand how there could be any question of whether her children should live with her. "At first I thought of course the American courts would return my children to me, that justice would prevail, but now I'm not so sure any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Two on the Seesaw | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

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