Brooks Houck’s sister has been granted permanent custody of the child her brother shared with Crystal Rogers.
Houck agreed to let his sister, Rhonda McIlvoy, have full custody of Eli, who is now 12, according to court documents filed Monday.
McIlvoy has had temporary custody of Eli since 2023. She and her brother were the only parties involved in the case.
A custody hearing in which a judge was to take testimony from Houck and his sister, and perhaps others, was scheduled for Friday in Nelson County Family Court.
Instead, Houck signed an agreement not protesting the custody and acknowledging he “is not relying on any statements made by” any attorneys, according to the filing Monday.
Judge Joe Ballard signed the agreement. No one from Rogers’ family has objected to the custody request.
McIlvoy filed the custody motion in Nelson Family Court on July 18, 10 days after Brooks Houck was found guilty in the 2015 murder of Rogers.
The motion pointed out that Houck is incarcerated and Rogers is deceased. And it claimed McILvoy has provided Eli a “stable and secure environment and good and proper care.”
A 2023 temporary custody order attached to the initial motion shows McIlvoy would take care of Eli “by agreement of parties.”
Source: WDRB
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