In Re Askew

993 S.W.2d 1 (1999)

In the Matter of Bianca Arneshe ASKEW.

Dorothy Lewis, Petitioner/Appellee,

v.

Julie Donoho, Respondent/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 3, 1999.

Order Denying Rehearing May 21, 1999.

Margaret R. Barr-Myers, Memphis, TN, for appellant.

David W. Camp, Jackson, TN, for appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

In this child custody case involving Bianca Arneshe Askew, now age eight years and nine months, we consider the competing claims between the child's natural mother, Julie Donoho, and Dorothy Lewis, who presently has physical custody of the child. The lower courts found that a prior…