Ratcliff v. Ratcliff

HAYES, Judge.

Pursuant to the dissolution of the marriage of Joan and Robert Ratcliff, the Bul-litt Circuit Court took two actions which are now complained of by Joan. Custody of the couple’s four-year-old son, Robert, was awarded to his father, and the trial court refused to consider as marital property the value of Robert’s employer’s contribution to Robert’s pension account.

We will first consider the award of custody which provided for reasonable visitation rights to the mother. Joan argues that an award of legal custody to Robert is a de facto award of custody to his mother, and that we…