DURRETTE v. DURRETTE

Record No. 802063.

288 S.E.2d 432 (1982)

Karen Lacks DURRETTE v. Gordon E. DURRETTE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Burnside, Virginia Beach, for appellant.

George C. Rawlings, Jr., Fredericksburg, for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ. and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


COMPTON, Justice.

This is a dispute between parents over the custody of twin boys. The sole question is whether the trial court erred in awarding custody to the father.

Appellee Gordon E. Durrette and appellant Karen Lacks Durrette married in 1974 when they were in their early twenties. The twins were born two years later in October of 1976.

On December 27, 1979, the mother left the marital abode, located in Spotsylvania County near the City of Fredericksburg...

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