Lawson v. Jennings

BRADLEY, Judge.

This is a child custody case.

The appeal comes from the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa County. The cause was commenced by the filing of a petition for modification of a final decree of divorce under which the appellee had been granted custody of her minor children. Appellant, the natural sister of the minor who is the subject of this appeal, was allowed to intervene on the side of her father. The trial court after a hearing ore tenus entered an order leaving the custody of the minor child, Beth, with the mother.

At issue before the court in this case was who was the proper person to…