Mason v. Mason

This appeal is from an order of the circuit court of Cass County denying Janice Mason’s petition requesting that she be awarded the custody of her minor son.

Plaintiff and the defendant, Gary Mason, were granted a judgment of divorce in 1969. Custody of the two minor children of the marriage, a boy and a girl, was awarded to plaintiff. During a default proceeding in 1970, the defendant was awarded custody of both children. No appeal was taken from the order entered in that proceeding. This order was later modified in July 1972, so that the defendant retained custody of the minor son and the…