MAXWELL, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. The ultimate goal in child-custody cases is the best interest of the child. While Mississippi law presumes a child's best interests are served by living with his natural parents, when a natural parent abandons or deserts the child, the natural-parent presumption goes away. At that point, the chancellor must determine whether it is in the child's best interest to award custody to the parent or a third party.
¶ 2. Here...
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