STATE IN INTEREST OF SUMMERS v. Wulffenstein

MAUGHAN, Justice:

Beatrice Wulffenstein filed a petition in the Juvenile Court seeking custody of her two granddaughters. The Juvenile Court summarily dismissed the petition on the alternate grounds petitioner had no standing to seek custody, or the court did not have jurisdiction. Petitioner appeals. We reverse. All statutory references are to U.C. A.1953.

The mother of the children is dead. The father, petitioner’s son, had his parental rights terminated in a proceeding before the Juvenile Court. Legal custody of the children was vested in the Division of Family Services for adoption or…