Hawkins v. Colson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Jeffrey Hawkins commenced this proceeding by filing a petition for modification of judgment for dissolution of marriage in the circuit court of Tazewell County seeking custody of Charland Hawkins, his minor child. Upon learning of the petition for modification, interveners Thomas and Margy Colson, maternal grandparents of the minor child, filed a petition for intervention and motion to dismiss challenging the trial court’s jurisdiction. The court granted the petition for intervention, denied the motion to dismiss, and,…