Fry v. Ball

Petitioners, the natural parents of the minor child, Scott Tracy Fry, instituted this original proceeding seeking to enjoin respondent from exercising jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. Section 14-13-101, et. seq., C.R.S 1973. A rule to show cause issued and we now make the rule absolute.

On November 14, 1972, Gwendolyn L. Fry, Scott’s paternal grandmother, was appointed his guardian by the Superior Court of Orange County, California. The petitioners consented to the appointment, because the father was in a California jail awaiting extradition to Oregon on charges…