PATTERSON v. PATTERSON

Civ. 2342.

399 So.2d 846 (1980)

Saundra PATTERSON v. Charles Myers PATTERSON, Jr.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeWayne N. Morris and Curtis O. Liles, III of Markstein & Morris, Birmingham, for appellant.

Douglas Corretti and Samuel Maples of Corretti, Newsom & Rogers, Birmingham, for appellee.


BRADLEY, Judge.

This is a child custody case. The wife appeals from the modification of a divorce decree awarding custody to the father. We reverse.

Saundra and Charles Patterson were divorced on April 25, 1979. The custody of their two young children was awarded to Saundra, the mother.

On January 30, 1980 the father, Charles, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County asking that the divorce decree be modified by awarding him custody...

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