SCRUGGS v. SATERFIEL

No. 96-CA-00245-SCT.

693 So.2d 924 (1997)

Stacey Renae SCRUGGS and Sandra Friend as next Friend and Guardian v. William SATERFIEL.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susanne A. Merchant, Meridian, for Appellants.

Henry Palmer, Palmer, Wright & Williamson, Meridian, for Appellee.

Before DAN LEE, C.J., and McRAE and SMITH, JJ.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

Stacey Scruggs and her guardian, Sandra Friend, appeal the February 5, 1996, order of the Lauderdale County Chancery Court finding that the action they brought to obtain visitation with Stacey's half-brother was "without substantial justification" and accordingly, taxing them with attorney fees pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 11-55-5, the Litigation Accountability Act of 1988. Looking for the first time at the issue of sibling visitation...

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