Santos v. Santos

The parties to this action, Jacqueline Santos, plaintiff-appellee, and Luis Santos, Jr., defendant-appellant, were divorced on April 11,1977. At that time, custody of their only child, Michael Anthony (Tony) Santos, then age two, was awarded to the plaintiff subject to reasonable visitation by the defendant.

On June 25, 1980, the two petitions which are at issue in this appeal were filed by the defendant. The first petition sought to have custody of Tony Santos awarded to the defendant, and the second requested a substitution of judge from Judge Dyer. Both of these petitions were denied by…