In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Moffett

Appellant-mother seeks review of an order of the circuit court which modified the provisions of a decree of dissolution entered on November 13, 1974 by transferring custody of the parties’ two children, a ten-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter, to father and eliminating the father’s child support obligation. The sole issue raised by mother’s appeal is whether, as the party seeking the modification of the decree, father met his burden of establishing a material "change of circumstances” justifying the order.1 Father has also filed a cross-appeal, arguing that the court abused its…