Drake v. Aldridge

JONES, Judge.

The issue here is custody of children as between parents who have lived together without benefit of marriage. Plaintiff, Brenda Jane Drake, is the natural mother of two children fathered by the defendant natural father, Ronnie Lynn Aldridge. Plaintiff appeals the rejection of her demands and the award of custody to the natural father, who sought legal custody by reconventional demand. We affirm the judgment of the lower court.

The plaintiff and defendant lived together for about four years until June, 1972, during which time these two children were born. When plaintiff and…