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Kelly Currin Morris Child Custody Hearing Set for Today

By David Lohr

A court hearing today will determine custody of Kelly Currin Morris's 5-year-old daughter. Kelly, a 28-year-old mother of two, went missing from her Stem, N.C., home on Sept. 3, 2008. In January, a judge granted Kelly's husband, William "Scott" Morris, temporary custody of the child. The following month, Morris's attorney placed a legal notice in a local newspaper, which stated Kelly had 40 days to respond to the custody complaint. That time limit has since expired. Morris has been named a "person of interest" in his wife's disappearance and the arson fire that destroyed their home; however police have not yet charged him in connection with the case. As a result, if Kelly does not show up in court today he could be granted full custody of their child...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).