Whisman v. Whisman

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The vexing question presented in this appeal is the matter of child custody. Clyde Whisman, appellant, and Catherine Whis-man, appellee, were formerly husband and wife. They were divorced in 1957. By the 1957 divorce judgment the general cus*584tody of their only son, then about two years old, was granted to the appellee, mother of the child. In July, 1965, the present appellant, father of the child, filed a motion to modify the divorce judgment so as to grant him custody of the child. After hearing the parties and their witnesses, the trial judge overruled the motion, hence…