Legal Opinion
Powell v. Ayars
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 2001No. 1999-CA-01717-SCTPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
792 So.2d 240 (2001)
Mitzi Anne POWELL
v.
Christopher M. AYARS, Individually and Next Friend for Chayce Ashley Ayars, A Minor.
No. 1999-CA-01717-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 16, 2001.
S. Christopher Farris, Hattiesburg, Attorney for Appellant.
Leonard Brown Melvin, III, Attorney for Appellee.
EN BANC.
PITTMAN, C.J., for the Court:
¶ 1. Mitzi Anne Powell appeals the judgment of the Jones County Chancery Court awarding custody of her daughter, Chayce Ashley Ayars, to the child's father, Christopher M. Ayars.
FACTS
¶ 2. Christopher Ayars and Mitzi Powell began dating while both were employed at…
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