Dudgeon v. Dudgeon

REED, Judge.

In this divorce action, the trial judge awarded the custody of the parties’ two infant children to the mother. The sole issue presented by the father’s appeal is whether that decision was so clearly erroneous as to constitute an abuse of discretion. We have concluded that we are unable to find an abuse of the discretion vested in the trial judge, and we affirm his judgment.

Kenneth Dudgeon, the appellant-husband, and Delois Dudgeon, the appellee-wife, after some years of unhappy marriage, separated in July, 1969. Two children were born to the marriage, one of whom is now seven…