Ratliff v. Glanda

I concur with that portion of the majority’s determination which found, contrary to Supreme Court, that petitioners alleged sufficient extraordinary circumstances to confer standing. However, as to that portion of the majority’s determination which found that the issuance of a final order of custody was properly premised upon a best interest analysis, I find the determination premature. Despite the characterization of the “Decision and Order” of Supreme Court as a final order of disposition, I believe that the disposition was, in effect, a temporary order of custody.

According to the “Decision…