Esco v. Esco

HOLMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree denying appellant’s petition to modify a prior decree of divorce wherein custody of appellant’s minor child was awarded to appellee, the paternal grandmother.

Prior to the petition and hearing ore tenus, from which this appeal is taken, the appellant, in 1971, petitioned the trial court for a modification to its prior order awarding custody to the paternal grandmother. The trial court, after a hearing ore tenus, denied the change in custody. The present petition for change in custody was filed in November 1972 and, in April of 1973, the trial court…