Whitlow v. Mims

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The appeal is by the natural father of minor children. The physical custody of these children was awarded to intervening maternal grandparents as a part of the decree which divorced the children’s natural parents.

The new and novel question presented upon appeal is the propriety for reversal solely because the trial court’s judgment awarded custody of the children to their grandparents jointly, rather than to one of them individually.

The question is upon the trial court’s authority, not upon the matter of its abuse of discretion. No statement of facts was brought…