Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Johnson

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

We are here concerned with a controversy involving the custody of Alonzo Johnson, Jr., presently aged six years. While the caption discloses that the contesting parties are the child’s parents, the dispute is largely between the child’s mother and his paternal grandmother. The court below awarded custody to the mother, and directed that the father should have appropriate visitation rights. The father appealed to this court, and we granted a supersedeas.

Alonzo Johnson, Jr. was born on January 16, 1955, his parents being Alonzo and Gwendolyn Johnson. At the time of the…