Vallimont v. Medford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal in an action for a writ of habeas corpus brought by the father against the maternal grandparents requesting the care, custody and possession of his two minor daughters, Alana, born April 22, 1954, and Pamela, born July 20, 1955.

For clarity the appellants will be referred to as the grandparents or respondents and the appellee will be referred to as the father or petitioner.

The question presented is whether the evidence introduced by the grandparents, which sought to prove that the father was unfit to have the custody of…