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NANCY VIOLA R. v. RANDOLPH W.

No. 17144.

356 S.E.2d 464 (1987)

NANCY VIOLA R. v. RANDOLPH W. and Grady W.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Googel, Welch, Joanne Schulman, Van Nuys, Cal., for appellant.

Abishi C. Cunningham, Welch, for appellee.

Carolyn F. Corwin, Alan Tawshunsky, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Barbara Fleischauer, Morgantown, for amicus curiae.

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before this Court upon the appeal of Nancy R. from the Circuit Court of McDowell County.1 Mrs. R. had sought custody of her nephew, Randolph W. II, then age 4. Custody, however, was awarded to the child's paternal uncle, Grady W. The child's father, Randolph W. I, who had been indicted for the first degree murder of the child's mother, had sought to appoint Grady W. as the child's guardian. Mrs. R. also appeals...

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