Legal Opinion
Smith v. Dawson
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided February 25, 1982No. 3-281A51PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Judge.
Pam Smith, the former wife of Richard Dawson, appeals the trial court’s denial of her petition for change of custody. She contends that the court erred by not finding the existing custody order to be unreasonable. 1
Affirmed.
Our review of a denied request for a change of custody is limited to determining whether the trial court abused its discretion in finding that the applicable statutory guidelines had not been met. Needham v. Needham (1980), Ind.App., 408 N.E.2d 562, 564 (reh. denied); Campbell v. Campbell (1979), Ind.App., 396 N.E.2d 142, 143. Accordingly, we will not reverse…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Whitman v. WhitmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Campbell v. CampbellIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Huston v. HustonIndiana Supreme Court · 1971
- Marriage of Needham v. NeedhamIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Williams v. TrowbridgeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- In Re the Marriage of HendersonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
- Marriage of Truden v. TrudenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
- Hinrichs v. Office of Family & Children of Allen CountyIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003
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