In Re Custody of Nodot

Mary Varick Nodot (hereinafter the mother) appeals from the trial court’s order granting the counterpetition of Guy Andre Nodot (hereinafter the father) for change of custody of their minor daughter, Jennifer Lynn, from the mother to himself. We affirm, for reasons which follow.

The mother, an American citizen, and the father, a French citizen, were married on April 5,1971, at Loches, France. On June 19,1975, while residing in Evanston, Illinois, their daughter Jennifer was born. The mother and father were divorced by a decree entered by the circuit court of Cook County on September 27, 1977,…