McGee v. McGee

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellant, the ex-wife of appellee and mother of their two children, petitioned the trial court for a modification of a prior custody agreement which gave the custody of the children to the father, appellee, and had been ratified by the trial court. The court denied and dismissed the petition and this appeal followed.

The parties were married in 1959, and they had a daughter, age 8, and a son, age 7, at the time of the hearing. In 1966, appellant was granted a divorce from appellee and the parties agreed that the father, appellee, would have the custody of the children,…