State ex rel. Green v. Green

Both parties appeal from the order of the trial court in this modification proceeding relating to custody of their only child, a son. The trial court ordered custody changed from mother to father, but ordered visitation for mother from Wednesday to Saturday noon — in effect splitting the week between father and mother. We affirm, although we disapprove of this type of split-time arrangement for a young child.

The parties were married in 1973, and one child, Craig, was bom to them on November 29, 1974. When the marriage was dissolved in March, 1977, the agreement of the parties was incorporated…