Spitz v. Holland

Jordan, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing a petition for habeas corpus on the ground that the petitioners (appellants) do not have standing to bring the action.

The appellants are the maternal grandparents of two minor children. Their petition against the father of the children alleged that the mother of the children is dead; the father has denied them visitation rights with the children; and the father is unfit to have custody of the children. They prayed that custody be placed in them and the father be required to support the children, or, in the alternative, that they have…