Williams v. Phelps

GARDNER, Judge.

Jeanette Williams (Williams), appeals from an order of the Jefferson Family Court denying her motion for a hearing on a custody matter and awarding custody of the child involved to Margie Phelps (Phelps). Phelps has separately appealed from an order of the family court stating that it had lost jurisdiction to consider her request for visitation. After closely reviewing this case and the applicable law, we have concluded that the court below erred by ruling that Williams lacked standing, and by declining to conduct a hearing to consider who should be granted custody of the child…