Turner v. Turner

Colwell, District Judge.

Petitioner, Linda K. Turner, appeals from a decree of dissolution claiming as error an abuse of discretion by the trial court and the awarding of custody of Craig, age 4, to respondent father, Steve W. Turner.

The parties were married in 1972; petitioner has two children by a prior marriage; and they lived in New Mexico and Colorado prior to moving to Bartley, Nebraska, in March 1977. Linda first filed a petition for separation, and by stipulation temporary custody was awarded to Linda on July 1, 1977. In November 1977, Linda moved with her three children to her present…