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DAVIS v. VAUGHN

No. 2012-CA-00651-SCT.

126 So.3d 33 (2013)

Connie Lynn DAVIS, Individually, and as Maternal Grandmother and Next Friend of Danielle Lynn Vaughn v. William Daniel VAUGHN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Patterson Thibodeaux , attorney for appellant.

William P. Featherston, Jr. , attorney for appellee.

Before RANDOLPH, P.J., LAMAR and KITCHENS, JJ.

KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this custody dispute between the natural father and the maternal grandmother, the chancellor granted custody to the father, finding that the father had not deserted his child. Although the grandmother had stood in loco parentis to the child since the mother's death, the chancellor correctly recognized that this alone could not overcome the natural-parent presumption. ...

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