Bennett v. Bennett

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court, of Blue Earth County denying the motion of defendant wife, Patricia Jo Bennett, for a change of custody of her 3-year-old daughter, Tammy Sue, to her from the mother of plaintiff husband to whom custody had been granted by a divorce decree. Defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to modify the original judgment so as to transfer custody of the child to the natural mother.

From the record it appears that Thomas R. Bennett and Patricia Jo were married on November 11, 1961, five days after…