MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF TUMA


564 P.2d 1364 (1977)

29 Or.App. 699

In the matter of the Marriage of Ernest TUMA, Jr., Appellant, AND Marcia Tuma, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Walton, Corvallis, argued the cause for appellant. On the brief was Ringo, Walton & Eves, P.C., Corvallis.

Larry T. Coady, Oregon Legal Services Corp., Albany, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LEE and JOHNSON, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

In this dissolution-of-marriage proceeding, husband appeals from the trial court's decree awarding custody of the parties' three-year-old son to wife.

Husband, aged 25, is employed by a lumber mill and works a 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift. Husband planned that, upon an award of custody, he would leave the child at his parents' house while he was at work. His parents live nearby and expressed a willingness to care for the child. Wife, aged...

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