Niccum v. Lawrence

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This is the aftermath of a divorce action in which a mother appeals from an order changing the custody of her minor child.

The basic pertinent facts on which the rights of the parties depend are not in controversy. However, they are important to a proper understanding and review of the issues involved and for that reason will be stated, in accord with our view of their import, as briefly as the state of the record permits.

Archie Niccum, Jr., 19 years of age, and Frances Charlene Schultz, who is now Mrs. Lawrence and was then 17 years of…