Field v. Field

This is an appeal from denial of a father's petition for modification of child custody. We affirm.

The parties divorced in 1974. The mother was granted custody of two children, one born of the marriage and one born to the mother in a previous marriage. The father instituted an action for change of custody in 1975 which was denied. He remarried in 1975. In 1977 the parties entered into a consent decree which expanded the visitation rights of the father.

The instant appeal is a result of a second petition for change of custody. In 1978 the father filed this petition for change of custody of the…