Baker v. Baker

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves a contest between a mother and a father over custody of their children.

At the time the trial court dissolved their marriage on August 29, 1975, Debra Sue Baker was 24 and Michael LeRoy Baker was 25. They had been married for several years. Two children were born to them, Matthew, on August 16, 1970, and Amy, on April 19, 1972. In its decree, the trial court awarded custody of the children to Michael. Debra appealed. In this court she challenges only the trial court’s custody award.

We must thus again attempt to ascertain the long-range best interest of…