Baer v. Baer

Goolsby, Judge:

This appeal by Beth Ann Baer results from an order of the family court changing custody of two minor daughters from Beth Baer to the father Stephen G. Baer. The issue presented is whether the evidence supports the family court’s finding of a change in circumstances substantially affecting the welfare of the children sufficient to warrant the transfer of custody from the mother to the father. We reverse.

The parties married in April 1973. During the marriage, two children were born. Stephanie in December 1973 and Nicole in July 1975. In December 1980, the mother initiated an…