MacGregor v. Phillips

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

This is a child custody dispute between the natural mother of the child, Marie McGregor, (hereinafter respondent) and the paternal grandmother, Margie Louise Phillips, and her husb'and, Leland Everett Phillips (hereinafter appellants). Respondent, a resident of Amity, Oregon, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in Idaho on April 15, 1974, to recover custody of her daughter, Jessica Ann Faith Mc-Gregor (hereinafter Jessica or child.) The child was living at the time with the appellants, residents of Homedale, Idaho. Appellants filed an answer opposing respondent’s…