Beagle v. Beagle

The parties to this action are respondent, Helen C. Beagle (whose present married name is Constantine), and appellant, Harvey L. Beagle. The action was commenced by the filing of a petition by appellant to modify a California decree of divorce (which became final in 1951) dissolving the marriage of the two parties and awarding legal custody of their two sons to respondent. At the time of the hearing in the trial court, the ages of the boys were seventeen and twelve years, and both parents had remarried.

The pertinent facts as found by the trial court are not in dispute, and are summarized as…