Syphrit v. Turner

This is a child custody case.

Terrisa Diane Turner Syphrit (Syphrit) and Odie Turner (Turner) were divorced on August 29, 1980. By agreement the wife was awarded custody of the parties' minor child, Kelley Nichole. The husband was required to pay child support of $25 per week and was given reasonable visitation privileges.

On April 12, 1982 the father filed a petition to modify the decree requesting custody of his daughter due to a material change in circumstances since the divorce. Syphrit's parents, Frank and Martha Baggett, as intervenors in the suit, asked that they be awarded custody.

Both…