Nielsen v. Nielsen

The petitioner, Jolene L. Nielsen, appeals in this action for dissolution of marriage in which the only issue is the custody of Ryan, the only child of the parties, now 4 years of age. The parents were married in 1975, when Jolene was apparently 16 years of age. She was 20 at the time of trial in June 1979. The respondent was *14222 at the time of the trial. The respondent, in his answer, asked that custody of Ryan be placed either in him or in his father and stepmother, Dennis and Connie Nielsen, whom we will hereafter refer to as “grandparents” or by their first names, as is required. However, at…