McCray v. McCray

— The parties hereto were divorced in March, 1957. The decree of divorce gave custody of their daughter to the father. She was born November 5, 1953. The mother, on June 13, 1958, petitioned for a modification of the decree and was awarded custody of the child. The father appeals.

The petitioner had the burden of showing changes of conditions occurring after the entry of the original decree which resulted in the welfare of the child being best served by a modification of it.

The original decree of divorce gave custody of the daughter, who is now a school child, to the father upon the ground…