Fitzpatrick v. Fitzpatrick

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Lawrence County modifying a custody award under a divorce decree and changing the custody of a minor child from appellant to appellee. On July 25, 1961, appellant was granted a divorce from appellee upon the ground of gross neglect of duty.

The decree recited the following relative to the custody of the minor child, Debra Mae Fitzpatrick: “It is further ordered that the custody, care, education and control of the minor child of the parties, to wit: Debra Mae, age 22 months of the said parties hereto be, until further order, is…