MARRIAGE OF HERRELL v. Herrell

This is an appeal from orders entered by the circuit court for Adams county, Raymond E. Gieringer, circuit judge, modifying the divorce judgment which awarded the parties joint custody of their two minor children. The orders terminate joint custody and grant sole custody of the children to the father Roger Herrell. This court granted the petition to bypass, sec. 808.05 (1), Stats. 1985-86, to determine the standard the circuit court must apply when a parent petitions the circuit court to modify a custody award from joint custody to sole custody.

After oral argument the court issued an order…