In re the Marriage of Cummings

In 1974 the parties hereto were divorced by decree entered in the Circuit Court of Taney County. As the natural parents of two minor female children born of the now-dissolved marriage, the parties in early 1979, via the father’s petition and the mother’s counterclaim, sought the third modification of the child custody provisions contained in the original decree. Following trial by court, an elaborate and lengthy modification decree was rendered May 24, 1980. In substance, the decree continued principal custody of the children in the father, awarded the mother custody of the children during…