McEntire v. Redfearn

This is a dispute between a natural father and a maternal grandmother over the custody of two children.

On January 10, 1975, the father, appellee John C. Redfearn, filed a petition in the Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court seeking custody of two children born in 1968 and 1969, respectively, to Lizzie McEntire, the unmarried daughter of appellant Berlina McEntire. The father’s request was opposed by the maternal grandmother, with whom the children were residing.

The juvenile court, by order of February 6, 1975, awarded custody to the father. On appeal by the grandmother to…