Wallin v. Wallin

Donald C. Odden, Justice. *

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Good- hue County denying a motion of appellant wife to award her custody of her 6-year-old daughter, Shelly. The child’s custody had been granted by a previous divorce decree to respondents Royce and Patricia Wallin, the parents of the child’s father, respondent Wayne R. Wallin.

Appellant, Judith M. Wallin, and Wayne R. Wallin were married June 5, 1964, and established residence in Red Wing, Minnesota. Shelly, whose custody gives rise to this appeal, is the only child born of the marriage. In August 1966, they…