Hart v. Hart

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is a domestic relations controversy. The appeal is from an order changing the custody of Bethany Hart from Linda Hart (now Neufeld), her mother, to John Hart, her father.

John and Linda Hart were married on July 7, 1977. On July 1, 1978, Bethany Lynn Hart was born to them. At that time the Harts lived in Medicine Lodge.

John and Linda Hart became estranged and John filed for divorce in March, 1981. At the time, John was a resident of Anthony, and Linda and Bethany were residents of Newton. Linda was granted custody of Bethany with John…