Lackey v. Lackey

This appeal arises out of a show-cause hearing in which the father unsuccessfully sought an order of court giving him custody of his three daughters, aged 11, 13 and 17.

We do not reach the merits. Pursuant to stipulation the trial judge interviewed the three girls without a record’s being made of the interview. In Beelman v. Beelman, 227 Or 556, 361 P2d 663, 363 P2d 561 (1961), and Schuyler v. Haggart, 224 Or 530, 356 P2d 955 (1960), the Supreme Court held that if the appellant in a divorce proceeding does not provide the appellate court with a transcript of a private interview conducted by…