PHILLIPS v. CHRISTENSEN

No. 16377.

216 P.2d 659 (1950)

121 Colo. 380

PHILLIPS et al. v. CHRISTENSEN.

Supreme Court of Colorado, en Banc.

March 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ira Green, Antonito, Merle M. Marshall, Alamosa, for plaintiffs in error.

Raphael J. Moses, William O. DeSouchet, Jr., Alamosa, for defendant in error.


JACKSON, Justice.

Eight years after a divorce proceeding, the father, defendant in error, the mother consenting, was awarded custody of their ten year old son as against the boy's maternal grandparents who had intervened. The latter appear here as plaintiffs in error seeking reversal.

The father and mother of the boy were divorced July 21, 1942, the interlocutory decree dividing the periods of custody evenly between the parents. A modified consent decree dated...

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