Sanford v. Jones

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a child custody case.

In November 1984, Rosie Jones filed a petition in the Family Court of Jefferson County, alleging that Trina Lanette Sanford, a minor, was dependent in that her mother, Annie Mae Sanford, had died on November 9, 1984, leaving the child’s custody undetermined. Rosie is the child’s maternal grandmother. The petition named Charles M. Sanford, a Virginia resident, as the father. Temporary custody of Trina, pending a final determination, was awarded to the grandmother.

After an ore tenus hearing, at which the alleged father was present, the trial…