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

No. 17967-SA.

145 Ariz. 309 (1985)

701 P.2d 567

Bridget MARSHALL, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, Honorable James Sult, a Judge thereof, and Clanton Hazelwood, a single man, and Verona Hazelwood, a married woman, as real party in interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

June 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester R. Lockwood, Jr., Prescott, for petitioner.

Lowell A. Jensen, Cottonwood, for respondents.


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...

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