Dodd v. Dodd

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is an appeal from an order modifying and changing the original child custody order made by the district court in a divorce action.

A brief review of the events leading up to the rendition of the order from which the appeal is taken is essential to a proper understanding of the issues involved.

On August 5, 1948, Warren G. Dodd and Edythe K. Dodd were husband and wife and the parents of one child, a son, named Warren Glenn Dodd, Jr., who was approximately eleven and one-half years of age. On that date, due to marital differences, the…