Linn v. O'Kelley

Ingram, Justice.

This case involves the custody of a child, eleven years of age, whose custody was awarded to the mother under a divorce decree entered in DeKalb Superior Court. The father sought a change in custody based on his contention that there had been a material change in circumstances of the mother, adversely affecting the child, since the divorce decree. The mother denied the contentions of the father. The trial court heard evidence from both parties and found against the father and he appeals to this court.

The trial judge also conducted an off-the-record examination of the child in…