Sherrod v. Sherrod

MILLS, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s decision that the parties’ minor child reside primarily with the father. We affirm.

Barbara and James married in 1974. They had one child, James Jr., who was five years old at the time of the final hearing in 1983. In 1982, James petitioned for dissolution of marriage requesting primary custody of James Jr. Barbara did not contest the dissolution, but counterpeti-tioned seeking, among other things, primary custody of the child.

In addition to the parties’ own testimony and other lay testimony, two expert witnesses testified at the final…