Whiteside v. Dickerson

Bowles, Justice.

The appellee Terry Jack Dickerson filed a petition in the nature of habeas corpus to obtain custody of his minor child after his wife, from whom he had been divorced, died from injuries received in an automobile accident. The wife had been awarded custody of the child in the divorce proceedings, and the child’s maternal grandfather had been granted letters of guardianship by the Probate Court of Douglas County following the fatal accident. The child’s grandfather, Cecil Whiteside, is the appellant in this case.

In his petition, the appellee alleged that the appellant was…