WHITEPORT v. WHITEPORT

7 Div. 773.

220 So.2d 891 (1969)

Paul WHITEPORT v. Mary Ann WHITEPORT.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. D. Finley, Birmingham, for appellant.

Roy D. McCord and Rowan S. Bone, Gadsden, for appellee.


MERRILL, Justice.

The question in this case is whether the trial court erred in awarding the custody of three children, aged 7, 4 and 3 years, to their mother instead of their father, the appellant here.

In 1964, appellant filed a bill of complaint for divorce against his wife, charging her with adultery. The wife, by motion, removed the question of the custody to the Juvenile Court. A few days later, the wife's mother, intervenor Minnie Harris, filed a petition...

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