COLLINS v. NEWTON

No. 78-113.

362 So.2d 174 (1978)

Laverne Campbell COLLINS, Formerly Known As Laverne Campbell Newton, Appellant, v. Carey Edgar NEWTON, Sr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander G. Paderewski, of Dent & Pflugner, P.A., Sarasota, for appellant.


GRIMES, Chief Judge.

The parties were divorced in 1966, and custody of their two-year old son was awarded to the mother. Ten years later the father filed a petition to modify custody. Following a hearing, the court granted custody of the boy to his father upon the condition that the father pay his arrearage in child support payments. The mother now appeals the order changing custody.

The father produced evidence of his improved circumstances since the divorce...

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