Curley v. Curley

Upon dissolution of a marriage, the mother was awarded the custody of two minor children of the parties, two sons: James W., Jr. (then 15, now 16), and Douglas (then 11, now 12), and the father was required to pay $50.00 a week as support for each of the minor children. Subsequent to the dissolution of the marriage, the oldest son had an altercation with his mother, left her house, and moved in with the father. The father immediately attempted to secure a reconciliation between the older boy and his mother, without success. He thereupon moved for an order of modification, changing the custody…