Lewis v. Lewis

INGRAM, Judge.

This case involves a custody dispute over two minor children. The trial court awarded permanent custody of Dana Marie and Palmer Clint Lewis, ages nine and eleven respectively, to their paternal grandmother. The mother appeals.

The mother and father were divorced in 1980. Pursuant to an agreement between *437the parties, legal custody of the children was awarded to the father. Subsequent to the divorce, the children lived with the mother approximately nine months. Thereafter, they resided with their paternal grandmother. In 1987, the mother filed a motion to modify the custody…