Patronas v. Patronas

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

The parties were divorced in 1990. Custody of the parties’ two minor children was awarded to the mother. In 1995 the father filed a petition, requesting that he be awarded custody. At the time of the hearing, the parties’ daughter was nine years of age and their son was seven years of age. Following oral proceedings, the trial court awarded custody to the father. The mother appeals.

In its order awarding custody of the children to the father, the trial court did not state which standard it found to be applicable, and it made no specific findings of…