Portewig v. Ryder

Complainant, Mary Jane Ryder Portewig, is here on an appeal from a decree entered in the court below on August 31, 1966, holding that the custody of complainant’s three children should remain with her former husband, Richard R. Ryder, the defendant.

The original proceedings between the parties resulted in the entry of a decree by the circuit court on June 26, 1961, granting the complainant an absolute divorce from the defendant on the ground of desertion and awarding her custody of their three children, namely, Richard, Jr., aged 7, Patricia, aged 5, and Susan, aged 12 months. The decree also…