Monahan v. Monahan

The decree entered August 4, 1970 granted appellant, Shirley Irene Kegley Monahan, a final divorce from Joseph C. Monahan on the grounds of constructive desertion but denied her custody of their three daughters and also denied her alimony. She assigns error to the action of the chancellor in finding that she was not a proper person to have custody of her daughters, in awarding custody of these children to their maternal grandmother, Edna Kegley, in finding that she was not entitled to alimony and in awarding inadequate attorney’s fees to her counsel.

The decree awarded custody of the three…