In re Marriage of Strocher

A child custody dispute.

Between the natural father and the maternal grandparents.

The father won below.

We affirm.

At the time Steven and Suzanne Strocher were divorced in 1976, Suzanne was given custody of their two minor children. Suzanne died on March 7,1980, and on March 12, 1980, Suzanne’s parents, Paul and Doris Carr, filed a petition seeking custody of Shane (age 8) and Stephanie (age 5). Steven subsequently filed a counter petition seeking custody.

Steven works the 11 to 7 shift at A. E. Staley’s. He testified that he leaves for work at 10 p.m. and gets home at 7 a.m., at which time he…