DeGrow v. DeGrow

The parties were divorced on October 13, 1978. Custody of the two minor children was granted to the plaintiff mother with the defendant father receiving reasonable visitation rights.

In April, 1979, plaintiff filed a motion for a change of domicile. Immediately after plaintiff filed the motion, defendant submitted a petition to change custody. The court denied both petitions.

On August 20, 1980, pursuant to his visitation rights, defendant was spending time with his children. He noticed a bruise on his son’s ribs. The bruise was in the form of a handprint. The defendant suspected that the…