SMITH v. JOHNSON

No. 14840.

415 So.2d 291 (1982)

Laura Elaine Johnson SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William C. JOHNSON and Margie Smith Johnson, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied July 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davenport, Files, Kelly & Marsh by Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Monroe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Guerriero, Smith, Hingle & Anzalone by Joe D. Guerriero, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before PRICE, HALL, MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and SEXTON, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In this child custody dispute, the mother appeals a judgment granting custody of her six-year-old son to the child's maternal grandparents. We reverse and award custody to the mother.1 Deville v. LaGrange, 388 So.2d 696 (La.1980); Burt v. McKee, 384 So.2d 489 (La.App.2d Cir. 1980).

The mother was 16 years old when she gave birth...

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