In Re Eden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

In this case a father s right to custody of his three small children is contested by a couple to whom he entrusted them in a time of need. On appeal from the juvenile court, the district court awarded custody to the father, Richard H. Eden. The couple who had temporary custody, Donald and Mabel Pluger, have appealed.

In March of 1971 the forty-three year old Eden found himself in Kansas City and out of work. From his divorce he had custody of three-year-old twin girls and a sixteen-month-old boy. He was unable to care for them adequately and…