Folsom v. Folsom

BEER, Judge.

This is a devolutive appeal from a custody award. On May 25, 1976, appellant, John Folsom, obtained a judgment of separation on the ground of abandonment, alleging that his wife, Jane, had moved to her home town in Virginia with all four children of the marriage. That judgment awarded custody pendente lite to Mrs. Folsom. Mrs. Folsom subsequently obtained a judgment of divorce in the circuit court of Southampton County, Virginia, which awarded her permanent custody of the four children: Lora Jane, John David, James and Steven.

In July of 1978, John Folsom brought two of the…