Hollie v. Simon

MILLER, Judge.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hollie, maternal grandparents, filed this habeas corpus proceeding seeking custody of their three year old grandchild Melissa Kay Simon, then in the custody of her father, Mr. E. J. Simon, Jr. The trial court granted custody to Mrs. Madge Hollie, one of the maternal grandparents, from which judgment the father has appealed. We affirm.

Defendant-appellant was married to Eula Roxene Simon, born Hollie, in 1966. The young married couple made their home with the Floyd Hollies near Starks, Louisiana. Melissa was born in March of 1967.

Melissa’s mother, Roxene, died…