Swanston v. Swanston

LEVINE, Justice.

Bonnie Swanston appeals from that part of a divorce judgment awarding custody of the couple’s minor children, Jamie and Valerie, to their father, Curtis D. Swanston. We affirm.

Curtis and Bonnie were married in 1967. They separated in 1989. At the time they separated, two of their four children, Jamie, born September 27, 1974, and Valerie, born September 6, 1982, were minors. Since the separation, Curtis has been Jamie and Valerie’s primary caretaker. 1

Curtis filed for divorce in 1990, simultaneously moving for temporary custody of Jamie and Valerie. An interim order granting…