BRACY v. BRACY

No. 32,841-CA.

743 So.2d 930 (1999)

Hope BRACY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stanley BRACY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied December 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Thomas, Charles D. Jones, Lake Providence, Counsel for Appellant.

Albert E. Loomis, III, Monroe, Counsel for Intervenor-Frank Bruscato, Sr.

Before BROWN, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

This appeal involves a custody award of a four-year-old girl to her maternal grandfather instead of to her surviving parent, appellant Stanley Bracy. The appellant contends that no showing of "substantial harm" was made and the trial court consequently erred in awarding custody to a nonparent. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

The appellant and the child's late mother, Hope Bruscato Bracy, were married in Georgia in June...

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