Knowles v. Grimes

STEAKLEY, Justice.

This is a child custody case in which we are required to decide if the facts here shown make the exceptional case which is prerequisite to a new and independent determination of child custody rights from that decreed by the court of a sister state. Emily Grimes, the natural mother of seven-year old Christina Maria Sewell, joined by her present husband, Johnny Grimes, instituted this suit in the Dallam County District Court against the paternal aunt and uncle of Christina, Barbara Jean Knowles and Jerry Knowles, who were awarded custody of Christina on January 18, 1967, by…