Yeamans v. Yeamans

This is an appeal by the plaintiff mother from an order modifying the child custody provisions of a previous divorce decree. The motion to modify was filed by the defendant father.

Plaintiff contends that the trial judge erred in finding that the defendant had established a sufficient change of circumstances to justify changing custody of the four minor children of the parties to the defendant.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1963. At the time of the marriage the plaintiff was 15 years of age and the defendant 21 years. The parties were divorced in January 1972, with plaintiff being…