Girolamo v. Girolamo

Plaintiff-mother seeks reversal of an order of the trial court which denied her petition to modify a decree for divorce by changing the custody of a child from the defendant-father to the plaintiff. The issue presented here is whether the trial court acted in the best interest of the minor child in finding that a substantial change of circumstances had occurred since the original award of custody but such change did not justify or require the change of custody sought.

The plaintiff-mother and defendant-father were divorced in July 1969 in an uncontested action brought by the mother. The decree…