Ex parte of Grimes

HAMILTON, Justice.

This is an original proceeding instituted in this Court by Johnny and Emily Grimes for a writ of habeas corpus to secure their release from confinement in the Dallam County Jail. Relators are held in custody pursuant to an order entered by the District Court for the 69th Judicial District on March 27, 1969. We released relators on bond pending our decision on the validity of their confinement.

The background facts of this child custody case are not unfamiliar to this Court. Barbara Jean Knowles and Jerry A. Knowles, paternal aunt and uncle of Christina Maria Sewell, were…