Barringer v. Barringer

McNULTY, Judge.

This appeal is brought from an order modifying a judgment of divorce by transferring custody of two minor children from appellant-father to appellee-mother. Appellant raises four points on appeal, three of which concern the merits of the change of custody and one which concerns the propriety of awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to appellee. We affirm as to the custody modification but reverse the award of attorneys’ fees and costs.

Although we recognize the rule that the trial judge has a “broader discretion” in entering the original custody judgment than in deciding a petition…