Edwards v. Sanders

ROBERT P. BRADLEY, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a child custody case.

Michael and Valerie Edwards are the natural parents of Michael Dewayne Edwards. On March 30, 1987 the parents were deprived of custody of their child when the Juvenile Court of Lee County declared the child to be dependent and awarded temporary legal custody to the Department of Human Resources and physical custody to Carrie Pascal, the paternal great-grandmother of the child. Limited visitation privileges were awarded to the parents.

On August 11, 1987 the paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Sanders, petitioned the juvenile…