In Re the Marriage of Fennell

SACKETT, Judge.

The issue in this appeal from a dissolution decree is what parent should be granted physical care of the parties’ three children born in 1980, 1983, and 1989.

Petitioner-appellant Diana Kathryn Fen-nell and respondent-appellee David Nathaniel Fennell were married in 1977. David was a high school graduate. Diana was a graduate veterinarian. Prior to 1984 David worked outside the home and Diana was the primary caretaker of the children. In 1984 the family made a joint decision that Diana would become the breadwinner and David would assume the responsibility for the children. Diana…