Peugh v. Peugh

Langenbach, J. †

— This is a child custody case arising from a petition to modify the original decree of divorce changing the custody from mother to father; the petition was granted.

The parties were married in 1957. The wife (petitioner here) was a divorcee with a son, Richard, and a daughter, Sharon. After marriage, the parties lived in her trailer behind the B & E Tavern where petitioner worked. The tavern is owned by petitioner’s sister and brother-in-law. On November 1, 1959, their son, David, was born.

The parties were divorced in March, 1962. The decree, finding petitioner a fit and…