Tinsley v. Boggs

WADDILL, Commissioner.

This controversy concerns the custody of Susan Denise Lane, 15 months of age, whose parents are dead. The Chancellor, after conducting a hearing, decided it was in the best interest of the child that she remain in the custody of her maternal aunt and her husband. Judgment was entered accordingly.

Ann Tinsley, the child’s paternal grandmother, who brought this action seeking custody of the child, has appealed, urging that the Chancellor abused his discretion in denying her custody of the child.

In cases of this character the welfare of the child is the chief concern of the…