Shepherd v. Shepherd

9 Citing cases

  1. Hickey v. Hickey

    166 So. 3d 43 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014)   Cited 3 times

    The best interest of the children is always the foremost consideration. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242, 245 (¶ 11) (Miss.Ct.App.2000) (citing Riley v. Doerner, 677 So.2d 740, 744 (Miss.1996) ).

  2. Hickey v. Hickey

    NO. 2013-CA-01540-COA (Miss. Ct. App. Aug. 27, 2013)

    The best interest of the children is always the foremost consideration. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So. 2d 242, 245 (¶11) (Miss. Ct. App. 2000) (citing Riley v. Doerner, 677 So. 2d 740, 744 (Miss. 1996)).

  3. Garcia v. Garcia

    97 So. 3d 109 (Miss. Ct. App. 2012)   Cited 8 times

    It is well established that a new spouse's income should not be used in calculating child support. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242, 245 (¶ 14) (Miss.Ct.App.2000). However, there is no evidence that the chancery court considered Lt. Quinones's income in arriving at its decision to deny Holly's request for increased child support.

  4. Sudduth v. Mowdy

    2007 CA 575 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 3 times
    In Sudduth v. Mowdy, 991 So.2d 1241, 1245 (¶ 14) (Miss.Ct.App.2008), this Court found the minor child's dental problems, the mother's inappropriate relationships, and the allegations that the mother gave the child anti-psychotic drugs did not warrant a modification of custody from the mother to the father when the father failed to prove any adverse effects on the child.

    The best interest of the child is always the court's foremost consideration. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242, 245 (¶ 11) (Miss.Ct.App. 2000) (citing Rileyv. Doerner, 677 So.2d 740, 744 (Miss. 1996)).

  5. Wallace v. Wallace

    2006 CA 35 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007)   Cited 15 times

    1986). Modification based on an increase in an older child's needs coupled with an increase in the payor's income is proper as well. Hopson v. Hopson, 851 So.2d 397, 400(¶ 11) (Miss.Ct.App. 2003); Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242, 246(¶ 18) (Miss.Ct.App. 2000). However, the custodial parent must provide evidence of increased costs and that the original award, due to increased financial obligations, no longer meets the child's current needs.

  6. Divers v. Divers

    2001 CA 1358 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003)   Cited 17 times
    In Divers, the trial court had found that the employment and employment responsibility factor favored the mother because daycare would be provided at the mother's work but not the father's, since the father was in the military and stationed at Edwards Air Force base, and also on the ground that the father did not know where he would be assigned in four years.

    In the difficult matter of determining child custody in divorce proceedings, the chancellor is necessarily vested with substantial discretion. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242, 245 (¶ 11) (Miss.Ct.App. 2000). In Hamilton v. Hamilton, this Court reviewed the record in that case and found that the chancellor should consider each Albright factor specifically in her decision for child custody.

  7. Carite v. Carite

    2001 CA 691 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002)   Cited 6 times

    "The objective of civil contempt is to compel obedience to the orders of the court." Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242, 246 (¶ 19) (Miss.Ct.App. 2000). While Barbara's statements in bankruptcy court might have some bearing upon proceedings there, any statement she made in that court cannot deprive the chancery court of the power to enforce its own order.

  8. Rinehart v. Barnes

    2001 CA 919 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002)   Cited 9 times
    Affirming trial court's modification of custody based on finding that shared custody between parents of a child of school age living in two states is impractical

    In the difficult matter of determining child custody in divorce proceedings, the chancellor is necessarily vested with substantial discretion. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242, 245 (¶ 11) (Miss.Ct.App. 2000). The chancellor must, in making such determinations, often weigh the credibility of witnesses providing starkly contrasting assessments of the relative parenting skills of the competing parties.

  9. McWhirter v. McWhirter

    1999 CA 1768 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001)   Cited 5 times

    In the difficult matter of determining child custody in divorce proceedings, the chancellor is necessarily vested with substantial discretion. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 769 So.2d 242 (¶ 11) (Miss.Ct.App. 2000). The chancellor must, in making such determinations, often weigh the credibility of witnesses providing starkly contrasting assessments of the relative parenting skills of the competing parties.