Nilson v. Nilson

HOWE, Justice:

Defendant-appellant Robert Nilson seeks reversal of that part of a divorce decree which awarded custody of his two minor sons to their mother, Wendie Nilson, the plaintiff-respondent. He contends that the trial court disregarded the overwhelming weight of the evidence and awarded custody of his sons in contravention of their best interests.

The custody of the sons, ages seven and one-half years and three and one-half years at the time of trial, was awarded to the mother apparently based upon the findings of the trial court that the mother’s staying home appeared to be of “some…