Barham v. Barham

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:

The question presented by this appeal is whether it was reversible error for the trial court to deny defendant’s motion to modify a divorce decree so as to transfer to her the permanent custody of the minor child of the parties.

In a decree entered July 7, 1949, in an action for divorce brought by the plaintiff, Ramon Barham, against his wife, the defendant, Darlene Barham, the district court of Cascade County granted plaintiff an absolute divorce and awarded to him the custody of Ravonda Jean, the infant daughter of the parties born March 21, 1948.

March 29, 1951, by an…