Blevins v. Superior Court

HOWARD, Judge.

This special action questions the jurisdiction of the respondent court to award temporary custody of a minor child to the respondent real party in interest, defendant in a pending divorce action. Since the jurisdictional challenge is well taken, we grant relief.

On November 15, 1972, the minor was adjudicated a dependent child by the Juvenile Court of Pinal County and declared a ward of the court. He was placed in the temporary care and custody of his paternal grandparents. Approximately one month later, the child’s father filed a complaint for divorce in superior court and…