Ward v. Ward

JACK L. OGG, Superior Court Judge.

The appellant, Dowell P. Ward, petitioned the trial court to modify a portion of a divorce judgment relative to the custody of the minor child of the parties. From an order by the trial court denying Dowell P. Ward’s petition to modify the judgment to give him full custody of his son, he has instituted this appeal.

The history of this case in the courts of this state is as follows: the parties were divorced in 1955, and in an uncontested action, Mrs. Ward was given full custody of the minor boy; Mr. Ward’s petition to modify the judgment so as to obtain…