Kettelle v. Kettelle

OPINION

The plaintiffrmother, Margaret-Mary Ket-telle, appeals from a Family Court judgment modifying the court’s original custody decree by changing the physical placement of her child and from the denial of her motion for a new trial. We ordered the parties to show cause why this appeal should not be decided summarily. No -cause having been shown, we proceed to decide the appeal at this time.

The defendant/father, Wayne Robert Ket-telle, is the father of the couple’s seven-year-old child, to whom we shall refer as David. 1 The parties divorced pursuant to a final judgment on May 3, 1993 and…