Strouse v. Strouse

This is an appeal by the father from a decree which for the first time judicially determined the custody of the three children and awarded them to the mother. Prior to this petition, the custody had been a matter of agreement between the parties and two of the children had been with the father and one with the mother. The principle contention of the appellant is that the trial court abused his discretion in uprooting the two girls, in placing the family together and that the best interests of the children do not require it.

Since Nye v. Nye, 411 Ill 408, 105 NE2d 300, the guiding star in child…