McDaniel v. McDaniel

In this case the chancellor granted a divorce to the appellee, upon the ground of desertion, and also awarded him the custody of the parties’ six-year-old daughter. By this appeal the appellant questions only the order of custody.

The record discloses, and the chancellor found, that both parties are of good character and are suitable persons to have the care of this child. The appellee, a school teacher, lives in the home of his parents, about four miles from Paragould. The child has been in the appellee’s custody since a day or two after the couple’s separation in November, 1952, and has been…