CHAVIS v. WITT

22262

285 S.C. 77 (1985)

328 S.E.2d 74

James CHAVIS and Lucille Chavis, Respondents, v. Geraldine WITT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard McIntyre, Moss, Bailey & Dore, Beaufort, for appellant.

William S. Kemp, Early & Kemp, Bamberg, for respondents.


Heard Feb. 19, 1985.

Decided March 20, 1985.

LITTLEJOHN, Chief Justice:

In this action, the plaintiffs-respondents James and Lucille Chavis (grandparents) seek visitation rights with their granddaughter, Natasha, the child of their deceased son. The child's father died in June 1978, when she was about eleven months old. Appellant, Geraldine (Chavis) Witt, mother, was not living with father of the child at the time of his death. The mother later married...

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