Sanderson v. Tryon

HALL, Chief Justice:

This case emanates from a child custody dispute between parents formerly maintaining a polygamous relationship. Jennifer L. Sanderson appeals a district court judgment awarding Robert L. Tryon custody of their three children on the ground that plaintiff was currently and continuingly engaged in the practice of plural marriage.

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Sanderson and Tryon are the natural parents of three children, two of which were bom during the parties’ polygamous relationship from June 1975 to April 1982. In April 1982, the parties separated and Sand-erson took the children. Their third child…