In Re Marriage of Wechselberger

The petitioner, David G. Wechselberger, who we will refer to as the “father,” appeals from an order of the trial court which denied his custody-modification petition, in which he sought to transfer custody of the parties’ two minor children from the respondent, Mary Wechselberger, who we will refer to as the “mother,” to himself. On appeal, the father contends, in essence, that the trial court’s order denying the change of custody was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

In June 1978, the father filed a petition for dissolution of the parties’ 1971 marriage. The trial court granted…