Kohler v. Kromer

Hill, Justice.

In this action to change custody of minor children awarded to the mother in a 1970 divorce decree, the father alleged that substantial and material changes had occurred in that the mother had become unfit to retain custody, that her subsequent marriage was breaking up, and that she had developed severe nervous and psychiatric problems and had become a "virtual alcoholic.” At the time the petition was filed the father and his present wife had physical custody of the children by virtue of their alleged abandonment by the mother.

At the hearing the trial judge heard evidence from…