In Re the Restraint of Cranford

The petitioner, having suffered an adverse decision below, now makes an ore tenus objection to the jurisdiction of the trial court, and moves to dismiss the proceeding, intending, we understand, to bring her grievance to the Juvenile Court (G.S. 110-21 to -44) as a court having exclusive jurisdiction of the subject matter. This brings up the necessity of clarifying the jurisdiction, in limine, in order to see whether, with procedural propriety, we can reach decision on the merits.

Prior to the creation of the Juvenile Court habeas corpus was the recognized procedure for determining the custody…