Hale v. Hood

This is a child custody case between the natural father of the child and his sister, the paternal aunt of the child. Clarence Edgar Hale has appealed from a decree of the Chancery Court of Quitman County awarding the custody of his child Thomas Geral Hale, about eleven years of age, to Druscilla Hale Hood, the paternal aunt of the child. We reverse and render.

Appellee has not favored us with a brief in this case and ordinarily we would hold that such failure amounts to a confession of error. However, since this case involves the custody of a child whose best interest is at stake, we have…