Shaddrix v. Womack

Grice, Presiding Justice.

This appeal arose from a proceeding in which a change of custody of minor children was sought.

The suit was filed by Leiselotta Womack Shaddrix, the sole surviving parent of the children, against Maggie Boatman Womack, their paternal grandmother, in the Superior Court of Crisp County, alleging that she as mother was entitled to custody due to changes of circumstances subsequent to a prior judgment granting temporary custody to the grandmother.

The grandmother’s pleadings denied the essential allegations of the complaint and asserted by counterclaim as follows: that in…