Davis v. Davis

LA PRADE, Justice.

The facts leading to this appeal are these: Charles Steelman Davis and his wife, Jacqueline Hooker Davis, were granted an Arizona divorce on September 19, 1949. Under the provisions of the decree the custody of their minor child, Charles Hooker Davis, was granted to the mother for ten months of each year. Mr. Davis was granted custody for the months of July and August.

On August 3, 1953, the mother, appellee herein, petitioned the court for an order modifying the custody provisions of the original divorce decree. It was alleged that the conditions under which the boy lived…