Schuh v. Roberson

Dale Price, Justice.

This is an appeal from a child custody determination between the mother of the child and the maternal grandmother. Custody was awarded to the grandmother, appellee Dorothy Roberson, and the mother, Melissa Skaggs Schuh, appeals.

The history of this case begins with a 1987 divorce action between the appellant and her then-husband, James Skaggs. In that action, the appellant was awarded temporary custody of her infant son, Brandon. However, before the custody decree became final, the appellee intervened in the case and was awarded temporary custody of the child on June 22,…