Shanbarker v. Dalton

On November 7, 1967, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County awarded custody of a minor child of the parties to this action to the father, custody previously having been granted to the mother. From that court’s order, the mother appealed.

The appellant mother, Margaret A. (Dalton) Shanbarker, and the appellee father, Robert E. Dalton, were married on June 21, 1954. Their son, Douglas Dalton, whose custody is the subject of this appeal, was born on July 4, 1961. On March 23, 1964, the Daltons entered into a property settlement which set out that the parties had voluntarily agreed to live…