Schaefer v. Schaefer

This is an appeal from an order modifying a divorce decree by changing the basic custody of the child of the parties from the mother to the father, and adjudging the mother in contempt.

A better understanding of the problem would be served by giving a brief resume of the steps leading up to this order:

February 28,1946, Interlocutory order of divorce granted to plaintiff. She was awarded the custody of Joan Elizabeth Schaefer, the minor child, with right of reasonable visitation in the defendant, who was ordered to pay forty dollars per month for the support of the child.

August 30, 1946. Final…