People ex rel. Marks v. Grenier

The father of the infant involved in these proceedings has been found to be a proper person entitled to the custody of his child. The original order of November 15, 1935, granting the grandmother the right of weekly visitation was entered on his consent. Thereafter, as was his right, he sought a modification thereof.

In People ex rel. Schachter v. Kahn (241 App. Div. 686), a habeas corpus proceeding brought by a maternal grandmother against a father who had the custody of his child, the court held it had no power to grant the petitioner a right of visitation where it appeared that the father…