Chandler v. Manning

This is an appeal from the trial court's denial of appellant's petition for the return of legal custody of his minor child.

Appellant, Joseph W. Chandler, Sr., is the natural father of the minor child involved in this dispute. For reasons not made clear in the record, in April of 1981 the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Juvenile Division, awarded temporary custody of appellant's minor son to appellant's sister and brother-in-law. No appeal was taken from that action. In August of that year appellant filed a petition in the circuit court seeking the return of legal custody of the child to…