Applebaum v. Hames

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellant-mother and appellee-father were divorced in January of 1979, at which time appellant was given custody of the couple’s younger son and appellee custody of the older son. In June 1980, after appellant petitioned for custody of the older child and appellee counterclaimed, the trial court awarded custody of both children to appellee. In October 1980, appellant again petitioned the court to modify the custody award. That petition was denied after the trial court determined that, although the children were in need of Jewish religious instruction, there had been…