Stillwell v. Stillwell

CONCURRING OPINION

OSBORNE, Judge.

I concur in the results reached by the majority opinion, however, I do not agree with the method used in reaching the end result. We are becoming increasingly inclined toward the idea of examining cases of this nature as if they were being tried before us initially. If, after a full-blown examination of the facts, we perchance agree with the ‘trial -court-"the opinion is written affirming, casting about trite old slogans such as, “the welfare of the children is controlling,” or “from the whole record the decision doesn’t appear to be clearly erroneous,” and…