Howard v. Howard

The defendant, Raymond J. Howard, Jr., filed a petition in the superior court seeking a modification of a permanent custody decree. The petition was heard by a Master (Earl J. Dear-born, Esq.), and his recommendation granting the defendant temporary custody was approved by the Superior Court (Temple, J.). The plaintiff appealed, claiming several errors were committed by the master. We affirm.

The parties were divorced in 1978, and permanent custody of the two children was awarded to the mother, the plaintiff herein. The defendant subsequently applied to the superior court for a modification of…