Walters v. Walters

383 So.2d 827 (1980)

Betty Sue WALTERS (Young)

v.

Jerry D. WALTERS.

No. 51896.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 14, 1980.

Patricia A. Champagne, Gulfport, for appellant.

Gaston H. Hewes, Jr., Gulfport, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

On December 16, 1978, the Chancery Court of Harrison County entered a decree dismissing the petition for modification filed by Jerry D. Walters to secure custody of his 10-year-old son, Jerry Dwayne Walters, Jr., custody having been awarded to the child's mother, Betty Sue Walters in the final…