Ertter v. Dunbar
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The issue before the Supreme Court in this case was whether a superior court was able to exercise jurisdiction to award permanent custody of a child when a juvenile court previously found the child to be deprived and placed the child in the custody of a "willing and qualified" relative until the child turned eighteen years old. The appellate court answered the question in the negative; the Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed. "The case before us is not one in which the principle of priority jurisdiction can be invoked because only one court, the superior court, has jurisdiction to award permanent custody of a child. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals."
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