Scelfo v. Scelfo

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Elissa Sloane Scelfo (plaintiff-mother) from a judgment on a rule to change child custody. The plaintiff-mother filed a motion to transfer child custody and terminate a prior order granting the father, Sam P. Scelfo (defendant) sole custody of the two children of the marriage.

The general facts of this controversy are that the parties were married in 1971 and there are two children at issue, namely, Stacey A. Scelfo, age 14 and Sam P. Scelfo, III, age 5. They lived together in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana until they separated in March of 1981. Originally the…