In Re Marriage of Dow

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to proceedings in the circuit court of Champaign County, the marriage of petitioner Rosemary Dow and respondent John D. Dow was dissolved by decree filed September 29,1977. This appeal by respondent concerns only the propriety of the portion of the decree splitting the custody of the minor daughters of the parties, awarding that of Sharon, then nearly 11 years old, to respondent, and that of Diana, then aged 7, to petitioner.

The evidence showed Sharon to be a hyperactive child who had been difficult for her mother to…