Mellema v. Mellema

WUEST, Chief Justice.

In this divorce action the former wife and mother (Ginger) appeals from the circuit court’s decree of divorce granting the father and former husband (Perry) primary custody of the couple’s two sons. We affirm.

The couple was married in July 1981. At the time of the trial, in January 1986, their two sons were three and one-half and two years old. The trial court concluded: “The Plaintiff [Perry] and Defendant [Ginger] shall have joint custody of the minor sons of the parties. It would be in the best interests of the minor children that joint custody be awarded to the…