Baker v. Baker

HOLMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Mobile County awarding custody of two minor children to their mother.

The parties to this action were divorced in 1979. The divorce decree awarded temporary custody of the parties’ two children to the maternal grandmother. The trial court reserved until a later time any decision regarding permanent custody of the children. The father was required to pay the grandmother $225 per month as child support.

In August, 1981, both parents filed a petition for change of custody. The husband had also earlier filed a petition to modify…