Monica Ashbrook Darby v. Harold Combs

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

MAXWELL, JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. In this custody case, the chancellor found the natural parents unfit to retain custody of their young daughter. After considering the child’s best interest and conducting an Albright1 analysis, the chancellor awarded joint custody to the child’s maternal great-grandparents and paternal grandmother. The paternal grandmother appealed. She argued Mississippi Code Section 93-5-24 (Rev. 2013) prohibits joint-custody awards to third parties. .

¶ 2. We assigned this case to the Court of Appeals, and the appellate court affirmed the chancellor’s…