MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF DEFFENBAUGH

No. 49557; CA 10300; SC 25804.

596 P.2d 966 (1979)

286 Or. 759

In the matter of the Dissolution of the Marriage of Cindy Lou DEFFENBAUGH, Petitioner, and Leonard Ray Deffenbaugh, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided June 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Erik Larson, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Brand, Lee, Ferris & Embick, Salem.

Earl McFarlan, Sweet Home, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.


HOLMAN, Justice.

This case involves a dispute between a former husband and wife over the custody of their two small children following the dissolution of the parents' marriage. It comes before us on the wife's petition for review of the Court of Appeals' decision, 35 Or.App. 683, 582 P.2d 470 (1978). In order to understand fully the issues presented by this case it is necessary to examine in detail...

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