IN MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF LaFORGE


536 P.2d 430 (1975)

In the matter of the Dissolution of MARRIAGE OF Gay Gwendolyn LaForge, Appellant, and Ronald Dennis LaForge, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Whitney, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

James K. Neill, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Martin, Robertson & Neill, Portland.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and FOLEY and THORNTON, JJ.


FOLEY, Judge.

The only issue in this dissolution proceeding is the award of custody of a six-year-old female child. The trial court awarded custody to the father with liberal visitation in the mother. The mother appeals, asserting that she should be awarded custody.

We have examined the record and discern that both parties are fit parents. The trial court found:

"* * * [F]ollowing the guidelines set down in Tingen v. Tingen [251 Or. 458,

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