Johnson v. Sullivan

WARD, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the Trial Court correctly awarded custody of a minor child, Harón Sullivan, to his father rather than to his maternal grandmother after the death of the mother. We affirm.

Harón Sullivan, the son of Yvette Cecelia Johnson and Horace Sullivan, was bom out of wedlock on August 15, 1976, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Horace Sullivan formally acknowledged Harón as his son by authentic act and recorded his name as the boy’s father on the birth certificate. At the time of Haron’s birth, Horace Sullivan was, and is today, married to Ella Sullivan. They…