Van Gorder v. Van Gorder

Grice, Justice.

This appeal is from the sustaining of a plea to the jurisdiction of a petition seeking modification of a decree involving custody of minor children.

The petition was filed in the Superior Court of Clayton County by the father, Richard F. Van Gorder, against the mother, Frances A. Van Gorder. It alleged, in substance, that since the original decree a change of condition has taken place which affects the children’s welfare because the mother has been living with a married man in their presence; that she has carried them out of the state and refuses to let him see them; that they…