Craft v. Craft

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a child custody case. The plaintiff mother seeks by rule to change a prior custody order in favor of the defendant father. From an adverse judgment, the mother appeals.

The general facts show that plaintiff and defendant were married in 1953. They have two children, Daniel Paul Craft, now 6 years of age, and Benjamin C. Craft, III, now 9 years of age. For the last several years Mr. and Mrs. Craft have lived in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he is a drilling engineer for a concern which drills oil wells. He earns about $1200 a month.

On October 16, 1963, Mrs. Craft filed a…