Dm v. Dr

62 So.3d 920 (2011)

D.M. and M.M.

v.

D.R.

No. 2010-IA-01217-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 31, 2011.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 2011.

Samuel Ernest Linton Anderson, Arthur F. Jernigan, Jr., Ridgeland, Richard A. Oakes, Greenwood, attorneys for appellants.

James Lawton Robertson, Linda Faye Cooper, Jackson, attorneys for appellee.

Before WALLER, C.J., DICKINSON, P.J., and KITCHENS, J.

KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. We granted interlocutory appeal in this case to decide the question of whether the appellee is entitled to assert the presumption that favors the natural parent in child custody…