Blackley v. Blackley

BRANCH, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence of change of circumstances affecting the welfare of Robert Harry Blackley, Jr., to justify modification of prior Orders placing him in the custody of his mother.

The court in which a divorce action is brought acquires jurisdiction over the custody of the unemancipated children of the marriage, and such jurisdiction continues even after the divorce becomes final. Stanback v. Stanback, 266 N.C. 72, 145 S.E. 2d 332; Cox v. Cox, 246 N.C. 528, 98 S.E. 2d 879; Griffin v. Griffin, 237 N.C. 404, 75 S.E. 2d…