Devereux v. Atkins

hSheena Atkins appeals the ruling of the trial court which denied her motion to dismiss the father’s, Derrick Devereux’s, objection to the hearing officer’s recommendation regarding custody of their child. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

Derrick Devereux and Sheena Atkins were never married, but had a daughter together in April 2010. The couple lived with their child at Devereux’s mother’s house in Swartz, Louisiana, in Ouachita Parish. In January 2015, Atkins began staying in West Monroe, Louisiana, with her grandmother, who needed medical assistance. In March 2015, Atkins told…