Hardman v. Hardman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This is a contest between parents for custody of a seven year old son.

In 1966 Mildred G. Hardman was granted a divorce from Roy E. Hardman in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. The couple had two small children. Richard K. Hardman was then four years old and his sister, Peggy Jo Hardman, was seven. When the divorce case was set for trial the father withdrew his petition for divorce and the hearing proceeded on the mother’s cross petition without contest. The court awarded custody of Richard to the father, and the custody of Peggy…