Greathouse v. Shreve

LEIBSON, Justice.

This is a dispute over custody of Nathaniel Ray Greathouse Shreve, a child born May 16, 1984. The movant is Bobby Dwayne Great-house, Nathaniel’s natural father, and the respondents are Nancy Ellen Shreve, the child’s maternal grandmother, and Sookie Jane Shreve, the child’s natural mother.

Nathaniel’s parents were never married. They lived together in Nancy Shreve’s home at the time of the child’s birth and until he was two to three months old, at which time the father moved out. The mother departed soon thereafter, and she has remained away since, except for occasional…