Bandel v. Pettibone

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court denying the natural mother’s motion for custody of her two minor children and granting third parties consent to adopt the children.

Basically two issues are presented: (1) The construction of K. S. A. 1972 Supp. 60-1610 (a); and (2) the significance of a recital in the journal entry awarding permanent custody of the minor children to third parties shortly after the parents were divorced.

Jo Ellen Bandel and Delmar W. Bandel, husband and wife, were legally divorced on February 19, 1968. At a…