Petrey v. Cain

COOPER, Justice.

Robert Ray Petrey and Bonnie Roark were divorced by a decree of the Anderson Circuit Court in 1987. That decree also awarded Robert sole custody of the parties’ infant daughter, Amanda, whose date of birth is February 7, 1983. On May 14, 1998, Bonnie filed a motion in the Lincoln Circuit Court to modify the previous custody decree by converting it to a joint custody decree with Bonnie as the “primary residential caretaker.” She accompanied her motion with her own affidavit alleging inter alia, that Robert had abdicated custody to the paternal grandparents and that Amanda had…