Marshall v. SUPER. CT. IN & FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY

HOLOHAN, Chief Justice.

Petitioner, Bridget Marshall, filed this special action challenging the jurisdiction of the superior court to award temporary custody of her minor child to the child’s paternal grandmother, Verona Hazelwood. We accepted jurisdiction to resolve a conflict in appellate court decisions and because there was no adequate remedy by appeal.

The essential facts are that in August 1984 the Yavapai County Superior Court granted petitioner custody of her minor child pursuant to a child custody decree. The natural father, Clanton Hazelwood, was not successful in obtaining custody,…