Kelton v. John

Almand, Justice.

This case involves the custody of two minor children in a contest between the maternal grandfather and the father of the children.

Edward T. John, the maternal grandfather, brought his petition on June 15, 1964, against the father of the children, Harold Kelton, in which he alleged that: his daughter, the mother of the two children, was divorced from the defendant by an Illinois Circuit Court in 1955, and the decree awarded the custody of the children to the defendant except for periods at Christmas and during the summer of each year, commencing on the third Saturday after the…