State in Interest of Summers v. Wulffenstein

WILKINS, Justice:

This matter is again before us following our remand to the Juvenile Court. In the prior case, 1 (hereafter Wulffenstein I), we held that Appellant Beatrice Wulffenstein, as paternal grandmother of the two minor girls in question, had standing to petition for custody of the children, and further that the Juvenile Court had jurisdiction of such a petition. In so holding we remanded to the Juvenile Court with instructions to grant appellant a hearing on the merits of her petition.

Following remand, the Juvenile Court held a hearing on June 7,1978, at which the Court took evidence…