Jones v. Sutton

STEWART, Judge.

Alma Sutton Jones appeals from an order of the Harlan Circuit Court transferring the custody and control of two infant children from herself, their mother, to Harold Sutton, their father. Thus we are presented with the ever difficult question of determining which parent should have the care of their children.

Appellant was granted a divorce from appellee on January 9, 1964, the grounds being cruel and inhuman treatment on the part of appellee. The trial court found appellant to be better suited to have the custody and control of their two children, a boy five years old and a…