Newman v. Cancienne

CUTRER, Judge.

This is an appeal by Robert Emery Canci-enne from a trial court judgment granting custody of his two daughters to his deceased wife’s mother, Rosey Ann Berry Newman. We reverse.

*342Cancienne was married to Mary Esther Darlene. Of this marriage was born two girls, Lisa and Donna, whose custody is the subject of this suit. During their marriage Cancienne, his wife and children, lived on the same street (Ninth Street in Lake Charles, Louisiana) as the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Newman. In September 1976, Cancienne and his wife were legally separated. In May 1977, Mrs. Cancienne died.…