Young v. Smith

Ray Thornton, Justice.

The issue in this a case is whether a chancery court has the power to enforce its order awarding visitation to a stepparent in the context of a divorce decree. Appellee Rodney Smith filed a complaint for divorce from appellant Michelle Smith Young on May 6, 1992, in the Randolph County Chancery Court. In his complaint, appellee requested custody of Dustin, the child whom he regarded as his own although Dustin was born prior to the parties’ marriage. In her answer, appellant denied that appellee was the child’s biological father and protested any custody or visitation…