Lyons v. Lyons

Defendant mother appeals as of right from the trial court’s grant of custody of the parties’ three minor children to plaintiff father.

The parties were married on May 26, 1972. Three children were born of the marriage, Dale on January 1, 1973, Jason on December 12, 1975, and Melissa on January 11, 1977. Plaintiff filed for divorce on August 23, 1979, and requested that custody of the children be awarded to defendant.

Although the specific dates are not clear from the record, at about the time that the complaint for divorce was filed, defendant took her children to the home of plaintiffs…