Burns v. Burns

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, C. J.:

This appeal is from an order of the district court changing the custody of a child from plaintiff to defendant. The pertinent facts may be stated as follows:

Defendant entered the Army Air Force during the second World War; soon thereafter he was married to plaintiff who was his childhood sweetheart; to this marriage a child, William W. Burns, Jr., was born November 14, 1945. Defendant remained in the air force after the war and was moved around from time to time and place to place. During the Korean War he was in service overseas and was…