Rayburn v. Rayburn

This appeal is taken from the denial by the trial court of a petition for the custody of both minor children of the parties. The petitioner is the mother of the children. In the original divorce hearing, the trial court granted a divorce to the respondent-father, awarding him temporary custody of the two children. Subsequently, the trial court found, and the parties agreed, that it was in the best interests of the children that 4-year-old Brian, who was the natural son of the petitioner and the adopted son of the respondent, should be in the permanent custody of the petitioner, but that…