James v. James

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Chief Justice.

This is a proceeding which seeks to determine the question: Which of the liti*262gants is entitled to the custody of Randall Floyd James, age 7? Jimmie James, the petitioner in the trial court and appellant herein, seeks to obtain the custody of his son, Randall, from the respondents, David and Wanda James, herein referred to as appellees. Jimmie and David are brothers.

Randall James is the natural child of the appellant by a previous marriage that ended in divorce in the fall of 1964. The appellant and his former wife separated in the fall of 1963, when she left…