IN RE CUSTODY OF BRANCH

No. 7216DC725.

192 S.E.2d 43 (1972)

16 N.C. App. 413

In the Matter of the CUSTODY of Vannessa BRANCH and Jessie Montine Branch, minors.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. B. Regan, III, Lumberton, for appellants.

McLean, Stacy, Henry & McLean by William S. McLean, Lumberton, for respondent Claude Earl Branch, appellee.


BRITT, Judge.

Appellants contend that the court erred in awarding custody of the children to their father when he had filed no motion or petition and had not indicated that he was seeking custody. This contention is without merit.

Petitioner, the paternal grandmother of the Branch children, had standing to institute this action. "Any parent, relative, or other person, agency, organization or institution claiming the right to custody of a minor child may institute...

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