In Re Volkland

—Appellant Jacqueline Sue Volkland Norton, the natural mother of the minor, Dietrich Volkland, appeals from an order awarding custody of the minor to the maternal grandmother, Effie Volkland, and from an order denying appellant’s motion for reconsideration.

The minor was bom on June 8, 1965, and lived with appellant until the age of four, but in 1969 appellant voluntarily left him in the custody of the grandmother. For the next seven years, the minor lived with the grandmother in Nevada, Missouri. Between 1969 and 1970, appellant visited the minor there every month to six weeks, but then appellant moved back to California, and since that time visited the minor twice a year.

Appellant married Daniel Norton in August 1974. Apparently appellant subsequently made efforts to have the minor returned to her. In June 1975 the grandmother obtained an order of the juvenile court in Vernon County, Missouri, placing temporary custody of the minor in the grandmother. In May 1976, without the knowledge and consent of the grandmother, appellant abducted the minor from his school in Nevada, Missouri, and brought him to Long Beach, California. In June 1976, appellant filed in superior…