Len v. Len

GOTHARD, Judge.

This case involves the modification of custody of an eleven year old boy from the sole custody of his father to the joint custody of both parents. The father has appealed.

The appellant, Edmund J. Len, and the appellee, Mildred Len Pounds, separated in 1981. In the separation judgment Ms. Pounds was awarded sole custody of their child, Alexander, and her child, William, from a prior marriage. In 1982 Alexander’s custody was transferred to his father, who was the successful party in a divorce based on adultery. Shortly after the divorce, the mother married her paramour and…