Stephens v. Smith

liGASKINS, Judge.

This child custody suit concerns the joint custody plan for a four-year-old boy whose father is deceased and whose mother’s whereabouts are unknown. The paternal grandmother appeals from the trial court’s designation of the maternal great-aunt as the domiciliary custodian. We affirm.

The child, Steven Zachery King, was born July 12, 1993, the son of Chuck King and Misty Smith. The appellant, Wilma Yvonne Stephens, is the mother of Chuck King, who committed suicide in November 1993. The appellee, Gloria Guerrero, is the maternal aunt of Misty Smith, whose whereabouts were…