Lee v. Lee

Summary

The court affirmed the chancellor’s application of the child-custody factors and rejected most of the claimed procedural and factual errors. It held, however, that accepting and considering the guardian ad litem’s report without the promised additional hearing prejudiced the parties, requiring a rehearing on permanent custody while leaving the divorce and property judgment intact. The court also declined to invoke the appellate-brief sanction rule and explained the limits of the parties’ telephone-recording rights.