Lancaster v. Fitzhugh

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• holding that without order transferring issue of custody to juvenile court, superior court retained jurisdiction to award permanent custody
• affirming award of joint legal custody to the grandparents and the father, primary physical custody to the grandparents, and visitation by the 8 mother
• affirming award of joint legal custody to the grandparents and the father, primary physical custody to the grandparents, and visitation by the mother
• affirming award of joint legal custody to the grandparents and the father, primary physical custody to the grandparents, and visitation by the 8 mother
• upholding award of custody to grandparents although child had a strong bond to mother where, among other things, mother’s behavior 4 promoted conflict with other family members and grandparents had shown “both the will and ability” to meet the child’s needs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).