Turner v. Turner

Antonia Vincenza Pulis Turner sought the custody of Jimmy Antonia Turner, her daughter, by a habeas corpus proceeding before the Chancellor of Calhoun County. She alleged that her daughter's custody was wrongfully withheld by Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ray Turner, the child's grandparents. The trial judge awarded the custody of the child to the grandparents. Aggrieved, the mother appeals.

Antonia Vincenza Pulis Turner, hereinafter mother, was formerly married to Jimmy Ray Turner, Jr., the son of the appellees, who is employed by an overseas oil company. Jimmy Antonia Turner, the daughter of the…