Phillips v. Brown

After the death of the mother of Donald Preston Brown, a minor approximately 6 years old, two petitions were filed seeking appointment as guardian for said minor. One petition was by Viola Marie Phillips (appellant here), the maternal grandmother of the child, and the other was a petition by Charles Preston Brown, the father of the minor. The court, sitting without a jury, found the father was an unfit person to have the care and custody of said minor and the father’s petition was therefore denied. The court further found that the appellant, Viola Marie Phillips, “. . . does not have the…