Mertz v. Mertz

YANDE WALLE, Justice.

Melody Ann Mertz appealed from an amended judgment changing the physical custody of the parties’ oldest son, Scott Mertz, from Melody to Denis Dean Mertz. We affirm.

Melody and Denis were divorced in 1983. A stipulated agreement was incorporated into the divorce judgment wherein custody of the couple’s three children was placed with Melody. At that time, Scott was approximately nine years old.

In January 1988, Melody and Scott had a confrontation which resulted in Melody’s allowing Scott to live with his father for the remainder of the school year. She later agreed to let…