Jones v. Jones

Bradley D. Jesson, Chief Justice.

This is a child-custody modification case. On Sunday morning, December 13, 1992, after receiving ex parte letters from a psychologist and psychiatrist employed by appellee Dr. Jerry A. Jones, the chancellor entered an emergency order providing that Dr. Jones was not required to return the parties’ minor child, Cameron, to the custodial parent, appellant Christine Jones. Two additional ex parte orders and one ex parte communication later, Ms. Jones was also deprived of weekday visitation. Following yet a fourth ex parte order and a hearing on Dr. Jones’s…