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WILSON v. DAVIS

No. 2012-CA-00196-COA.

111 So.3d 1280 (2013)

James WILSON, Appellant v. Pearlean DAVIS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

April 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felecia Perkins , Jessica Nicole Ayers , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

John R. Reeves , John Justin King , Jackson, attorneys for appellee.

Before LEE, C.J., CARLTON and MAXWELL, JJ.

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal involves a child-custody dispute between the natural father and the maternal grandmother. The chancellor determined that it was in the best interest of the minor child for the grandmother to have custody. But the chancellor did not first find the natural-parent presumption had been rebutted.

¶ 2. The law presumes that it is in the best interest of the child for her natural parent to have custody. Because...

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