Harper v. Harper

In this appeal we are concerned with the custody of David Michael Harper (Mike), infant son of Charles Michael Harper and Gail Spencer Harper, now Gail Spencer Riley. By decree entered June 20, 1975, custody of Mike, who was then residing with his father, was awarded to his mother, subject to liberal visitation rights reserved to the father. Harper, who in the same proceeding was granted an a vinculo divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion, has appealed the custody ruling.

The Harpers were married in-1968. Mike, their only child, was born the' following year. Subsequently, the family…