Lang v. Lang

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a child custody modification case.

The Circuit Court of Marshall County denied the mother’s petition to modify a prior custody decree and the mother appeals. We affirm the order of the trial court.

The mother and father were divorced in 1978. Pursuant to the terms of a separation agreement incorporated into the divorce decree, the mother was awarded custody of the parties’ son and daughter, now ages nine and six.

In 1979, the parties filed a joint motion for modification, requesting that the father be awarded temporary custody. The trial court granted the parties’ joint…