Legal Question in Family Law in California

We would need to know the facts and circumstances regarding the mother to properly answer this question properly as to what could happen to custody in the big picture. As between the father and maternal grandmother, however, he has all the rights and she has none unless and until his parental rights are terminated and she is awarded a guardianship. As for him having a record, it would depend on what it is for. Domestic violence creates an automatic presumption that he is not suitable for primary custody. An embezzlement conviction on his record would probably not matter at all.