Hanson v. McGowan

The petitioners, Sandra Hanson and Orin Hanson, appeal from the trial court’s order dismissing their petition for custody of Mrs. Hanson’s granddaughter under section 601(b)(2) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 40, par. 601(b)(2)). The trial court held that the petitioners did not have standing under the Act because they did not demonstrate that the child was not in the physical custody of one of her parents. We affirm.

The child who is the subject of this custody dispute is Angela Marie McGowan, who was born on April 19, 1989.…