Loomis v. Bugg

McMILLIN, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a custody case concerning a young child whose father is deceased. The chancellor found that the child’s mother was unfit to have primary custody of the child and, instead, awarded custody to the child’s paternal aunt. In addition to the natural mother’s efforts to have custody of the child, the child’s maternal grandmother also appeared in the action asking that, if the mother’s request for custody was denied, then custody be awarded to her as the next closest living kin. Both the mother and maternal grandmother have appealed the decision of the…