From Tilley v. Gibbs, decided yesterday by the Mississippi Court of Appeals:
John and Tiffany were married on April 6, 2019, in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The parties had one child, V.G., born prior to the marriage on December 19, 2018. On December 14, 2021, John filed his original complaint for divorce against Tiffany…. On September 16, 2022, the chancery court issued its opinion and final judgment, granting an irreconcilable differences divorce, awarding joint legal custody with John being awarded physical custody. The court awarded Tiffany visitation and ordered her to pay child support of $490.00 per month….
The court went through the various factors that Mississippi courts consider in child custody cases; but I thought this was particularly noteworthy:
