Yates v. Yates

284 So.2d 46 (1973)

Larry Lee YATES

v.

Martha Janice Rowzee YATES.

No. 47241.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 15, 1973.

Roy Noble Lee, Thomas D. Lee, Forest, for appellant.

Marcus D. Gordon, Gordon & Henry, Union, for appellee.

BROOM, Justice:

Appellant Larry Lee Yates, hereinafter identified as Larry, appeals from a decree of the Chancery Court of Newton County, Mississippi. It is argued here by Larry that the trial court erred in finding that his former wife Martha, appellee herein, is a fit and proper person to have the custody of their minor child and in granting permanent custody of the…