McAllister v. McAllister

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of J efferson County, the appellant, Martha McAllister, challenges a final judgment which awarded to her ex-husband, Philip E. McAllister, II, the appellee, custody of their two children.

By order entered on January 30, 1980, the appellee was awarded a divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences. At the time of the divorce the parties’ two sons were eight and nine years of age. Hearings on the issue of custody were held on March 3 and June 19, 1980. On July 25, 1980, the court entered an order awarding custody of the two children to the appellee.…