Blankenship v. Blankenship

This is an appeal by Sheryl Lynn Hiser Blankenship from an order of the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County awarding custody of her infant son to the appellant’s former husband, Truman Dwayne Blankenship, in a divorce proceeding. On appeal the appellant, Sheryl Blankenship claims that the circuit court erred in finding that her former husband had been the primary caretaker of the child and in awarding, him custody of their child. She also claims that the court erred in faffing to take into account spousal violence in making the custody decision. After reviewing the issues raised and the…