In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Goldberg

Husband appeals from that portion of a dissolution of marriage decree which awarded custody of the couple’s only child, a two and one-half year old boy, to the wife.

Husband alleges error on two bases. First, that the trial court erred in not awarding him custody since he, contends husband, is the sole psychological parent of the child, the mother having little contact with the child since her unsuccessful suicide attempt of January 1974. Secondly, that the wife should not have been awarded custody because of her suicidal tendencies and because of the brain damage incurred in the suicide…