Ex Parte Terry

How later courts described this case

• holding that McLendon standard did not apply in custody contest between natural father and ifíaternal -grdndparents when father did not lose custodial rights to maternal grandparents in divorce judgment
• holding that in a custody dispute between a parent and a nonparent the parent is entitled to custody unless he or she is shown to be unfit
• holding that a nonparent seeking custody of a child must prove the child's parent to be unfit
• recognizing strong presumption in favor of parent's right to custody absent misconduct or neglect which renders the parent unfit

Written by the judges who cited it.