The parents of the late Nicole Brown Simpson have taken their first step to appeal a judge's decision returning her two children to O.J. Simpson.
Louis and Juditha Brown filed a notice in Superior Court on Tuesday saying they plan to appeal the December ruling by Judge Nancy Wieben Stock that grants Simpson custody of Sydney, 11, and Justin, 8.Simpson won custody after he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and Ronald Goldman but before a civil jury found him responsible for the 1994 slayings. The children, who stayed with the Browns during Simpson's criminal trial, returned to their father after Stock's ruling.
The Browns had fought to keep their grandchildren, arguing that the former football star brutalized the children's mother.
Now, Stock faces a recall effort, and state lawmakers are drafting legislation to keep a parent found responsible for the other parent's death from getting custody of any children.