Quinn v. Quinn

This is a child custody case.

The mother and father were divorced in 1976. The divorce was granted on answer and waiver and by agreement of the parties. Custody of the two year old female child was to be with the mother. Some few months after the divorce, the father petitioned the trial court for custody of the child. He alleged, among other things, that since the divorce the mother had been admitted and confined for a period of time in a state mental hospital.

After an ore tenus hearing, where numerous witnesses testified, the trial court modified the prior decree of divorce and awarded…