Westover v. Westover

The primary problem presented by this case is whether it is an abuse of discretion for the trial court, in a divorce action, to postpone consideration of the question of permanent custody of minor children of the parties until sometime subsequent to the entry of the divorce decree. The respondent wife instituted the divorce proceedings in April 1958, at which time the six minor children of the parties were attending school in the town of Quincy, Grant county. The appellant husband cross-complained for a divorce, charging cruelty and other grounds. Both parties sought custody of the children.…