Welsh v. Welsh

CROW, Judge.

A mother appeals from the denial of her petition for review of a default judgment which transferred custody of her daughter from her to her ex-husband, the child’s father. A history of the litigation is essential in understanding the issues.

By an amended decree of dissolution of marriage entered February 5,1982, the Circuit Court of Butler County (“the trial court”) dissolved the marriage of William Marshall Welsh (“William”) and Sharon Renee Welsh (“Sharon”). The decree, among other things, awarded Sharon custody of the parties’ only child, Christi Pauline Welsh (“Christi”), born…