Rice v. Rice

The parties to this action were divorced in 1978. Respondent-appellant wife was given custody of the then 2-year-old son of the parties, with visitation rights given to the petitioner-appellee husband.

Appellant has not remarried since that divorce and has lived in the same house since that time. Appellee has remarried and has two sons in his second marriage. The child, now approximately 12 years old, visits his father, stepmother, and two half-brothers weekly, with extended visitation every other weekend. The child gets along well with all of them.

Appellant has not worked since 1981. She…