Reid v. Adams

Hill, Justice.

This is. a child custody action involving two minor children, ages 3 and 5. At various stages in the litigation, custody has been sought by the paternal grandparents, the maternal grandparents and the children’s mother. The courts of both North Carolina and Georgia have dealt with the custody dispute while these young children have been kidnapped twice from one state to the other.

The paternal grandparents now appeal from the denial of their habeas corpus petition in which they sought to regain custody under an earlier North Carolina child custody order. They also appeal from the…