Ezell v. Hammond

This is a child custody case.

The trial court, after an ore tenus hearing, transferred custody of the couple's two minor sons to the father. The mother, through able counsel, appeals and we affirm.

The couple was divorced in April 1978. By agreement custody of the couple's sons, Matt, now aged fourteen, and Jamie, eight, was awarded the wife. The father was required to pay $400 a month child support. Eighteen months later the wife remarried. By later agreement the husband's child support obligation was reduced to $200 a month.

In August of 1982, the husband filed a petition to modify custody,…