Perkins v. Freeman

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is an action brought by the mother to gain custody of a daughter from the father, in which the paternal grandparents intervened. Trial was by jury, which found that there had not been such a material change of conditions that the best interest of the child required that a change be made in her custody. Judgment was rendered that the father retain custody of the child. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.

The father obtained a divorce January 7, 1971 in which he was awarded custody of the child. The mother did not contest the divorce or…