In Re the Marriage of Short

HAYDEN, Judge.

Petitioner-wife appeals from the joint custody provision of the parties’ dissolution decree which awarded primary physical care of their child to respondent-husband. She claims that joint custody is inappropriate in this case and that she should be awarded custody. We affirm.

Rick and Sarah Short were married in July of 1982, when he was 21 years old and she was 19. They are the parents of one son, Anthony, who was born a few days before the marriage. During the marriage Sarah was employed full-time as a waitress or cook. Rick was not employed during the marriage, and the trial…