Ray v. Ray

This appeal is from a decree dismissing a child custody modification petition.

A final decree of divorce was rendered by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama on September 8, 1982, dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties. During the marriage they had one child. An agreement pertaining to child custody, child support, distribution of personal property, medical insurance for the child, and visitation rights with the child by the father was incorporated into the decree. A joint petition to modify the decree to transfer custody of the child from the mother to the father,…