JONES v. JONES

No. 14852.

415 So.2d 300 (1982)

Billie Triplett JONES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Allen JONES, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Smith & Bowers by Gary A. Bowers, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

In this child custody contest, the father appeals an adverse judgment maintaining custody of a twelve year old girl and a nine year old boy with their maternal grandparents. We reverse.

Appellant, Maurice Allen Jones, Sr., and Billie Vernelle Triplett Jones were married in 1958, physically separated in January of 1975 and divorced in March of 1977. Six children were born of the marriage; and the youngest two, Landra Lu-Niece (Luniece) and James...

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