Guardianship of B.A.D. v. Finnegan

KING, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This guardianship case began in the Youth Court for the City of Pearl. Upon the request of petitioners Wanda Bell and Jane Dennis Morse, the youth court transferred the case to the Rankin County Chancery Court. Later, Bell and Morse requested that the chancery court dismiss their petition, alleging that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. In addition to dismissing the case with prejudice, the chancellor awarded custody of the child to Frances Cathryn Dennis Finnegan, the child’s natural mother.

*610¶ 2. Aggrieved, Bell and Morse appeal, raising two issues: