Love v. Love

ME. JUSTICE JOHN C. HAEEISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is a divorce and child custody case. The district court of the fifth judicial district, county of Beaverhead, granted plaintiff mother Dorothy Arleen Love a divorce but granted custody of two minor children to defendant father Ernest Love. Plaintiff moved to alter and amend the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law and for a new trial, which motions were denied and appeal was taken.

Two issues are presented for consideration:

1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by awarding custody of the parties’…