O'Neill v. Cooper

Sanders, Chief Justice:

In this child custody action brought by the mother, Joyce C. O’Neill, the Family Court ordered custody of the parties’ minor child changed to her from the father, William N. Cooper, Jr. The father appeals. We remand for a new trial de novo.

The mother and father were divorced on July 20,1978, at which time custody of the child was granted to the father. On April 20, 1979, the mother commenced an action seeking to obtain custody based on an alleged change of circumstances since the divorce decree. On June 1, 1979, the Family Court issued its order denying the change and…