Junkin v. Junkin

This is a child custody case. The parties were divorced on July 6, 1973. Custody of the only minor child of the marriage, born December 15, 1971, was awarded to appellant-mother and appellee-father was ordered to pay $150.00 monthly child support. On February 4, 1975, the father filed a petition for modification seeking to have custody of the child placed in him. A hearing was held in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, on May 12, 1975. At this hearing the trial judge sitting without a jury heard extensive oral testimony from the parties and numerous witnesses.

The decree entered on…