Delaney v. Delaney

The petitioner-appellant father, Douglas Michael Delaney, appeals from that portion of the trial court’s dissolution decree which places custody of the parties’ minor child, Melinda, with the respondent-appellee mother, Linda Fern Delaney. We reverse and remand for the entry of a decree which places custody of the child with the father.

The parties were married at Fremont, Nebraska, on April 20, 1979. Melinda was born on November 2, 1980, making her 4 years old at the time of trial. The father was 39 years old at the time of trial and the mother 36.

The parties lived in Fremont until late 1982…