MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF MORTON

No. 14686-E; CA 19188.

632 P.2d 1 (1981)

53 Or.App. 301

In the Matter of the Marriage of Mark D. MORTON, Appellant, and Gladys E. Morton, Now Known As Gladys E. Ervin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max S. Taggart, II, Ontario, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Taggart & Taggart, Ontario.

D.S. Denning, Jr., Ontario, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., JOSEPH, C.J., and THORNTON, J.


JOSEPH, Chief Judge.

Father appeals from the trial court's refusal to award him custody of two minor children. He contends that mother's wilful refusal to abide by the terms of a visitation order was designed to alienate the children from him and that that, together with the fact of his remarriage and establishment of a new home, constitutes a sufficient change of circumstances to justify a change of custody. We affirm.

The original decree in November, 1977...

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