Fassina v. Fassina

This is a child custody case.

The parties' divorce judgment of July 10, 1978, approved their agreement which granted to the mother the custody of their daughter, Traci, who was born in October 1974. In June 1980, the father filed his modification petition which sought Traci's custody. As to matters now argued in brief, he alleged that the mother had been arrested and charged with the possession of a controlled substance in the residence where the child lived, which residence is unsuitable and an improper environment for the child, and that Traci's best interest required that her custody be…