Ex Parte Wilson

This Court granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals, 450 So.2d 102, correctly found that the trial court did not commit error by conducting an in camera, off the record interview of minor children in a custody dispute. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The children's father, John Roger Wilson, Jr., and mother, Lynn Hyde Wilson, were granted a divorce on August 31, 1982. The trial court awarded custody of the two minor children to Mrs. Wilson.

During the divorce proceedings, the trial court held an incamera interview with the children at Mr. Wilson's…