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MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF BROWNE

566 P.2d 555 (1977)

30 Or.App. 213

In the matter of the Dissolution of the Marriage of Peter Joseph BROWNE, Appellant, AND Caroline Ann Browne, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 18, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Pullen, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Donald W. Green, III, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was O'Connell, Goyak & Haugh, P.C., Portland.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LEE, J., and FORT, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM.

In this dissolution-of-marriage proceeding the father appeals from that portion of the decree which awards custody of the two-year-old child of the parties to the mother. He concedes that the mother is a fit parent, but contends that he is more so. We find nothing to justify a departure from the general rule that in such a situation we defer to the trial judge. Rea v. Rea, 195 Or. 252, 245 P.2d 884...

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