MASON v. MOON

Record No. 1522-88-3.

385 S.E.2d 242 (1989)

Marie B. MASON v. Ruby D. MOON.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. David Hawkins (Overbey, Overbey, Hawkins & Selz, Rustburg, on brief), for appellant.

Gregory P. Cochran (Caskie & Frost, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellee.

Present BAKER, COLEMAN and MOON, JJ.


COLEMAN, Judge.

This appeal involves a custody dispute between a child's natural mother and paternal grandmother. The trial court awarded custody to the grandmother after finding that the presumption favoring a natural parent over a nonparent had been rebutted by proof of extraordinary circumstances, including proof that the mother had voluntarily relinquished custody of her child. The mother, Marie B. Mason, has appealed those findings and the custody ruling. We...

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