Marriage of Westphal v. Westphal

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

In early 1988, the parents of J.M.W., now age 8, were engaged in litigation to review the court’s temporary placement of the child with her mother. Appellants, the child’s paternal grandparents, intervened, claiming it would be in the child’s best interests to be in their custody. Following completion of various examinations and reports, the trial court placed custody of the child with the mother and dismissed the petition for intervention. The court refused to hold an evidentiary hearing on appellants’ claim, finding that they did not show the child’s physical or…