Townsend v. Lowrey

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This appeal arises from child custody proceedings. On Agust 12, 1957, appellant Vestal Townsend obtained a divorce from appellee Barbara Helen Townsend (now Lowrey) in White Chancery Court. In the divorce decree the Chancellor awarded appellant “the temporary care and custody of Alicia Lynn Townsend, infant child of the parties” and specifically retained jurisdiction for the purpose of making further orders relative to custody. On December 8, 1961, appellee (now a Califoimia resident) filed a petition for change of custody, following which the Chancellor…