Commonwealth Ex Rel. Berman v. Berman

In this child custody proceeding, the lower court awarded 13 year-old Melissa Berman to her mother and seven year-old Danny to his father. Only the mother has appealed and hence only the custody of Danny Berman is before this Court. Testimony was taken by the court below during four days in August, 1979 and consumes over 500 pages. The court filed a lengthy (36) pages and comprehensive opinion in support of its decision and we will defer largely to that opinion in now affirming.

The parties, Howard and Barbara Berman, were married on September 7, 1958 and had four children: David, 18, Sheri,…