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IN RE NEWSOM

Misc. No. 2588-A.

536 So.2d 1 (1988)

In re Leslie Karen NEWSOM, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Smith, Smith, Smith, Tate & Cruthird, Poplarville, for petitioner.

James R. Hayden, Erik M. Lowrey, Robert R. Marshall, Stone D. Barefield, Hattiesburg, for respondents.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ZUCCARO, JJ.

ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

The Court today addresses the question of whether guardian ad litem fees are properly taxable as costs of appeal, prepayment of which are indispensable to the processing of an appeal to this Court.

I.

Karen Newsom, Petitioner in this extraordinary writ action under Supreme Court Rule 21, is aggrieved of an order divesting her of custody of her children in favor of their natural father, Henry Eugene Newsom. The final...

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