McCreery v. McCreery

This appeal arises from an inter-parental dispute over child custody.

By decree entered March 12, 1976, Francis Daniel McCreery, Jr., was awarded a divorce a mensa et thoro on the grounds of desertion. Ten days earlier, his wife, Janice Leonard McCreery, had been granted temporary custody of their two daughters, then aged two and four. Following ore terms hearings and pursuant to a letter opinion dated April 8, 1976, the chancellor entered an order on April 16,1976 awarding permanent custody to Mr. McCreery and visitation rights to his wife. The chancellor denied Mrs. McCreery’s motion to stay…