Green v. Haugen

This case comes before us on an appeal from an order refusing to grant a motion seeking to modify the child custody provisions of an existing decree of divorce. The question presented is whether or not the trial court erred in refusing to change the custody of three girls, aged 8, 9 and 10, from the defendant father to the plaintiff mother.

The parties were divorced in Oregon on the 27th day of September, 1965. Custody of the children was given to the father, defendant herein. On September 21, 1966, plaintiff filed a motion to modify the decree by transferring the custody of the children to…