In Re Custody of Sexton

This case involves the validity of a child-custody modification under section 610 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, par. 610). At the time of plaintiff’s and defendant’s divorce, custody of their son was awarded to defendant, Janice S. Sexton. After a hearing on plaintiff Donnie E. Sexton’s subsequent petition for modification of the custody decree, the circuit court of Warren County found in part that “ [t] he minor child’s present environment endangers seriously his mental, moral and emotional health and the harm likely to be caused by a…