In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Dahlman

This is an appeal by appellant-husband from a decree of dissolution of marriage which awarded custody of the three minor children of the parties to respondent-wife.

The father’s major contention is that the trial court failed to properly apply the guidelines set forth in Tingen v. Tingen, 251 Or 458, 446 P2d 185 (1968), relative to the factors to be considered in awarding custody of minor children in the event of divorce.

The parties were married in 1960. The three minor children born to the parties include two boys, now ages 7 and 14, and a girl, now age 12.

Whatever may have been the initial…