Scott v. Ashcraft

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

The circuit court of Macon county decided a habeas corpus proceeding in favor of Donald L. Scott, petitioner and plaintiff, and against Nina and Harold Ash-craft, the respondents and defendants. The Ashcrafts have appealed.

Plaintiff Scott is the father of two minor children, Edward Lee Scott, 14 years of age, and Gfarry Keith Scott, 12 years of age. Nina Ashcraft, one of the defendants, is the maternal grandmother of the children and is 77 years of age. Harold Ashcraft, a son of Nina Ashcraft and an uncle of the children, was a…