Legal Opinion

Logan v. Logan

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1998No. 97-CA-00808-SCTPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

730 So.2d 1124 (1998)

Gary K. LOGAN

v.

Shirley Ann LOGAN.

No. 97-CA-00808-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1998.

Earl L. Denham, Ocean Springs, Attorney for Appellant.

Brent M. Bickham, Pascagoula, Attorney for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and McRAE and SMITH, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this appeal from the Jackson County Chancery Court, we find that the chancellor erred in determining that he did not have the power to make a custody award to a stepparent and thus making no custody decision whatsoever after expressly finding the natural parent unfit. Instead, where it…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Albright v. AlbrightMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Tedford v. DempseyMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Chamblee v. ChambleeMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Carrow v. CarrowMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Sellers v. SellersMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  3. K.D.F. v. J.L.H.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Griffith v. PellMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  5. In re Smith v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012

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