Flores v. Riveria

ELLIS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding the custody of a minor child, whose natural parents are both deceased, to the child’s maternal grandfather in a contested child custody proceeding between the child’s paternal uncle and his wife, appellants herein, and the grandfather-ap-pellee.

Affirmed.

The child involved is Elaine Flores, a girl, who was about fifteen months of age at the time of the trial. Since the death of her natural parents on September 30, 1970, she has lived in the home of her maternal grandfather, Celestino Riveria. On November 25, 1970, the…