McCREERY v. McCREERY

Record No. 761067.

237 S.E.2d 167 (1977)

Janice Leonard McCREERY v. Francis Daniel McCREERY, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty A. Thompson, Arlington, for appellant.

Martin A. Gannon, Alexandria, for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


POFF, Justice.

This appeal arises from an inter-parental dispute over child custody.

By decree entered March 12, 1976, Francis Daniel McCreery, Jr., was awarded a divorce a mensa et thoro on the grounds of desertion. Ten days earlier, his wife, Janice Leonard McCreery, had been granted temporary custody of their two daughters, then aged two and four. Following ore tenus hearings and pursuant to a letter opinion dated April 8, 1976, the chancellor...

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