Pipes v. Pipes

PRICE, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court judgment rejecting the demands of the mother for custody of her five-year old child and awarding permanent custody to the father.

Dianne Lee Rainey Pipes, the mother of the minor child, Denise Lynn Pipes, brought this action against her former husband, David Lee Pipes, his brother, Marvin C. Pipes, and Linda C. Pipes, seeking to regain custody of the child. She also seeks a monthly support award against David Pipes for the maintenance of the child.

The events leading up to this proceeding are as follows:

On June 7, 1971, the father, David…