FOX v. FOX

No. 4-1283 A 400.

466 N.E.2d 789 (1984)

Loretta S. FOX, Appellant (Respondent below), v. John D. FOX, Appellee (Petitioner below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ihor N. Boyko, Indianapolis Legal Aid Society, Inc., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Winston T. Hay, Wunder & Hay, Indianapolis, for appellee.


HOFFMAN, Judge.

The marriage of John D. and Loretta S. Fox was dissolved on August 23, 1983. Both parties sought custody of their minor child, Melinda. However, in the trial court's order of August 23, it made Melinda a ward of the Marion County Department of Public Welfare. The parties contend that the trial court's action was contrary to law.

This Court's standard of review in custody matters is well settled. The manifest abuse of discretion standard is...

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