Vanderlaan v. Vanderlaan

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying her petition to modify a decree which had awarded custody of her two youngest children to defendant.

The parties were married on October 13, 1954, and on September 9, 1959, plaintiff was granted a divorce. One child, Debra, was born prior to the divorce and custody was awarded to plaintiff. Defendant was ordered to pay $30 per week for Debra’s support. On December 21, 1962, the original divorce decree was amended by a finding that plaintiff and defendant had resumed “marital relations” 1 after the divorce decree of September 9, 1959; that another…