Jones v. Jones

This is a child custody case. The father was awarded custody by the divorce decree, but lost custody to the mother when the latter (who had remarried) successfully petitioned for an order of modification. The father appeals from the order changing custody.

The Joneses were divorced in May, 1963. Pursuant to an agreement between the parties, the divorce court gave custody of the three children (then aged 11, 9 and 4) to the father. Since the divorce, and at the time of the 1965 modi fication, the children have been living in the home of the father, being cared for primarily by their…