Rippon v. Rippon

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal was instituted by James Rippon from the dismissal of his petition for change of custody. The petitioner sought to remove his two children from the custody of their mother, Gail Robbins, the respondent.

A review of the record established that, after the “agreed” divorce, the respondent was remarried, moved a number of times, and was divorced again. Most of the time she resided in the Clinton, Iowa, area with her children. The worst that can be said concerning the respondent’s care for her children is that her selection of…