STATE EX REL. SHARP v. SHARP

No. 13894.

375 So.2d 167 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. William M. SHARP, Sr., and Juanita Sharp, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Patricia Ann Manning SHARP, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Refused October 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davenport, Files, Kelly & Marsh by Mack J. Marsh, Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Farrar, Perry & Jefferson by Stephen A. Jefferson, Monroe, for defendant-appellee.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and MARVIN, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this habeas corpus proceeding seeking to recover the physical custody of their grandchildren from the mother of the children. The trial court found it to be in the best interest of the children for them to remain in the custody of the mother and rendered judgment in her favor. Plaintiffs appeal and we affirm.

Defendant and her husband were divorced in Arkansas in 1977. In that proceeding both parents were found to be unfit to...

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