In Re Custody of Peterson

On July 2, 1984, the circuit court of Cook County dismissed a petition for modification of custody brought by Raymond and Patricia Jadrych, the maternal grandparents of Lynette Peterson. The court ordered that custody of Lynette be turned over to James Peterson, the respondent and the natural father of Lynette. The appellate court reversed (129 Ill. App. 3d 887), and we allowed the respondent’s petition for leave to appeal under Rule 315 (94 Ill. 2d R. 315(a).) The only question for us is whether the circuit court erred in dismissing, for lack of standing, the Jadrychs’ petition for…