Petit v. Holifield

443 So.2d 874 (1984)

Gene PETIT

v.

John N. HOLIFIELD, et ux.

No. 54049.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 4, 1984.

William F. Vick, Vick & Diaz, Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Donald G. Barlow, Clinton, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and BOWLING and PRATHER, JJ.

WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, wherein the chancellor sustained appellee's amended petition for adoption of the minor children, Kristen Eve Petit and Dustin Patrick Petit, over objection of the natural father,…