Hersey v. Gratton

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case concerns whether a chancery court erred in finding a Canadian court had jurisdiction over a child-custody matter.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. John Oliver Hersey and Cindy Teresa Hersey Gratton filed for divorce in the Alcorn County Chancery Court in October 2010. The chancellor, Judge Jacqueline Mask, granted a divorce by order entered December 14, 2010. The parties were awarded joint legal and joint physical custody of the children, with Gratton to have primary care, custody, and control of the children while in Canada. Gratton subsequently moved to…