WETZLER v. WETZLER

No. 2892.

570 P.2d 741 (1977)

Michael D. WETZLER, Appellant, v. Sandra Lynn WETZLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy H. Stearns, Alaska Legal Clinic, Anchorage, for appellant.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Michael Wetzler has appealed from a superior court order of March 1976 awarding custody of his six minor children, then of the ages of 13, 10, 9, 7, 6 and 3, to his former wife, Sandra Wetzler (now Sandra Robison).1 We affirm the decision below and hold that the trial court did not err in its treatment of the "tender years" doctrine.2

Under the "tender years" doctrine,...

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