In Re Custody of Burnett

Petitioner, Gabriele Burnett, appeals from an order denying her petition to modify provisions of a divorce decree which awarded custody of the parties’ daughter to respondent, James Burnett.

James and Gabriele Burnett were married in April of 1968, and Nicole, their only child and the subject of this litigation, was bom later that year. On January 25, 1974, the marriage was dissolved, and custody of Nicole was awarded by agreement to James. He remarried in the spring of 1976 and animosity developed between Nicole and her stepmother, Linda, and as a result, James relinquished physical custody…