Rhoden v. Dearman

Hall, Justice.

This is a child custody case. The parties were divorced in 1969 and the custody of the couple’s two minor children was awarded to the mother in the Florida decree. In 1973 the father filed this suit for a change in the custody and appeals from a judgment for the mother.

"Whether there are changed conditions affecting the welfare of a child occurring after the rendition of a former final custody judgment which will warrant the issuance of a new judgment by a habeas corpus court changing custody or visitation rights is essentially a fact question in each individual case which must…