Valentino v. Valentino

This is a child custody case. The contending parties are the father and mother of a boy born in March of 1976. The lower court awarded custody to the father.

The father is living with his parents and two brothers and three sisters. The mother is living with a married couple and their daughter. On the one side, the father and his parents testified; on the other, only the mother.

The record suggests that a social worker for the court examined the home where the mother was living, and submitted a report to the court. However, the report does not appear of record, and the social worker did not…