Russell v. Russell

KENNEDY, Judge.

This is an appeal by a father from the dissolution decree award of joint legal custody to father and mother of the parties’ two daughters, Melissa Renee, born February 6, 1981, and Kimberly Sue, born August 11, 1983, with primary physical custody to the mother.

The parties had been married August 6, 1977. They separated March 11, 1988, the dissolution. suit was filed March 15, 1988, and the decree granted December 30, 1988.

The evidence is quite clear that the father by every standard is qualified to have custody of the littl.e girls. He is 32 years old, steadily employed as a…