Grant v. Martin

SOUTHWICK, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In a 1995 divorce, the natural parents voluntarily relinquished custody of their three minor children. The paternal grandparents were granted custody, an arrangement actually begun in 1993 when the grandparents were granted letters of guardianship. In 1998 the Chancery Court of Hinds County refused to grant the natural mother’s motion for a return of custody, finding that no prpof of a material change in circumstances adverse to the interest of the children had been proven. We agree with the mother that this was an improper burden to place upon her. Instead,…