Hatz v. Hatz

OPINION OF THE COURT

Allan Dixon, J.

The respondent, who is the father of the child who is the center of this custody controversy, filed a petition, dated March 17, 1982, requesting that he be awarded primary physical custody of Lakee. An order of this court, dated June 9, 1980, had awarded joint custody of the child to the parties with the infant’s principal residence being with the mother. By an earlier petition, dated September 12, 1980, the respondent had moved to modify the prior order claiming there was a substantial change of circumstances in that the petitioner was cohabiting with a…