STEADMAN v. STEADMAN

No. 12929.

393 So.2d 1281 (1980)

Alan Dale STEADMAN v. Marie M. STEADMAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

January 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice G. Clark, Baton Rouge, of counsel for plaintiff-appellee Alan Dale Steadman.

Boris F. Navratil, Baton Rouge, of counsel for defendant-appellant Marie M. Steadman.

A. J. Lord, Zachary, of counsel for intervenors-appellees Dero Denver Steadman and Evie Knight Steadman.

Before ELLIS, CHIASSON and PONDER, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Defendant appealed from an award of temporary custody of two minor children to the paternal grandparents.

The issue is the propriety of that award.

We affirm.

Plaintiff sued his wife for divorce; she filed a reconventional demand. The trial court granted the divorce to the defendant but awarded temporary custody of two small children to plaintiff's parents.

While it is true that a parent has paramount right to the custody...

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