Pelts v. Pelts

L. F. COTTEY, Special Judge.

By the original decree of divorce entered in this case in 1965, the wife was awarded the general custody of the husband’s natural son whom she had adopted during the marriage. The husband, having no home at the time suitable for the rearing of the boy, was granted liberal weekend and holiday custodial privileges. In making that provision, the court “necessarily adjudicated the fact that the father was not only a fit person to share in the custody of his child, but also that the child’s own welfare would be served by permitting the father to have contacts with it.”…