Hansen v. Hansen

In this divorce action, the trial court awarded the “custody” of the two minor children to the father, but awarded their care, control, and “physical custody” to the maternal grandparents, with whom the mother made her home. The father appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in failing to award to him the care, control, and physical custody of the children.

The parties were married in April, 1946, and resided in Kennewick during most of their married life. Up until the birth of their first child in 1947, they lived happily together. Between then and the birth of their second child in…