Brown v. Wiley

CHANDLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Following the death of her daughter, Elizabeth Wiley filed a petition to appoint, a guardian and sought custody of her daughter’s children. The Chancery Court of Grenada County awarded custody of the children to Ms. Wiley, the maternal grandmother. The children’s father, Rickie Brown, was granted visitation and was ordered to pay child support. Mr. Brown appeals, raising the following issue:

WAS THE TRIAL COURT MANIFESTLY ERRONEOUS IN GRANTING CUSTODY TO THE CHILDREN’S MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER?

*606¶ 2. Finding that the chancellor applied the incorrect legal standard, we…