Sayles v. Sayles

This is a divorce case.

Following an ore tenus trial, the trial court entered a judgment of divorce on grounds of incompatibility of temperament and an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. Custody of the parties' minor child was awarded to the wife.

The husband appeals. We affirm.

The husband primarily contends that the trial court erred in awarding custody of the parties' six-year-old son to the wife.

The matter of custody in a divorce case is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court, and its determination thereof will not be reversed, absent a showing that it has abused that…