Bullington v. Nichols

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a child custody case.

The defendant, father of seven-year-old daughter, Lera Bullington, was awarded her custody by decree of October 14, 1982. The mother, Linda, who had remarried, was given specific rights and time of visitation with Lera. The maternal grandmother filed a petition against both mother and father, alleging that since gaining custody of Lera, the father has not properly cared for her nor given her a good home. It was averred that the father is usually drunk and violent in front of the child; that Lera is afraid to go into his bedroom because of…