Garrison v. Garrison

Robert Garrison, the father of five-year-old Karista Garrison, has brought this appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County awarding permanent custody of Karista to her maternal grandmother, Aletha Hector.

When Karista was six months old, her parents, Robert and Deborah Garrison, separated, and they were divorced in May of 1975, when Karista was two years old. The mother, who was awarded custody, subsequently married Nelson Teichman on August 30, 1975. In May of 1977, a hearing was held on the mother’s petition for a rule to show cause against the father. The trial court found…