Thomas v. Purvis

Donna Gail Purvis Thomas filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Leake County, Honorable G.M. Case, presiding, against Alvin L. Purvis, Sr., et ux., and Alvin L. Purvis, Jr., to modify a final divorce decree wherein she sought permanent custody of two (2) minor children.1 The chancellor, although granting partial relief, dismissed the petition and Mrs. Thomas has appealed.

The question presented is whether or not the chancellor erred in dismissing the petition and in declining to grant appellant permanent custody of the minor children.

On July 12, 1978, the Chancery Court of Leake County,…