Sasser v. Thompson

This is a child custody modification case.

The mother and father were divorced in 1982. The custody of their then two-year-old child was placed with the father.

The mother then sought to modify the original custody decree and to gain custody of the minor child. The trial judge, after an ore tenus hearing, refused to place custody of the child in the mother and ordered the following: "[C]ustody of the minor child of the parties . . . is hereby awarded to her paternal grandparents . . . pending further orders of the Court."

The mother through able counsel appeals the trial court's action and we…