People ex rel. Levine v. Rado

William R. Brennan, Jr., J.

By this writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner, as maternal grandmother of the infant Joseph Rado, formerly known as Joseph Triga, Jr., seeks to obtain visitation privileges with the infant.

Joseph Triga, Jr. was born in 1957 and resided with the petitioner, his maternal grandmother, from 1957 until 1962. The infant’s father is in prison, and his mother, who was addicted to drugs, died in 1960.

In 1963 a dispute arose between the petitioner, as maternal grandmother, and Mrs. Triga, the paternal grandmother, con*844cerning. custody of the child. The Supreme Court, Bronx…