WATSON v. SHEPARD

Record No. 751397.

229 S.E.2d 897 (1976)

Sarah Elizabeth WATSON v. Roger SHEPARD et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Schwartz, Roanoke (Claude M. Lauck, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

William F. Quillian, III, Lynchburg, for appellees.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal arises from a dispute over custody of Judith Dawn Watson, now approximately six years of age. The contestants are the natural mother, on the one hand, and the paternal aunt and her husband, who seek to adopt the child, on the other. The natural father is deceased. The adoptive parents are divorcing.

The appeal stems from two separate proceedings which were consolidated and heard ore tenus by the chancellor. Appellees Roger...

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