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IN RE MARRIAGE OF MELTON

No. 5-96-0679.

681 N.E.2d 1046 (1997)

288 Ill. App.3d 1084

224 Ill.Dec. 425

In re MARRIAGE OF Lee MELTON, Petitioner-Appellee, and Cindy Melton, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Roberts, Olney, for Respondent-Appellant.

K. Rick Keller, Keller & Runde, Effingham, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Lee Allen Melton, father, petitioned for a change of custody of the parties' daughters, ages 14 and 10, some five months after the original judgment awarded joint custody. The circuit court of Clay County agreed to terminate the joint custody arrangement and awarded custody to father. Cynthia Annette Melton, mother, appeals, arguing the court used the wrong standard in changing custody and failed to take into account...

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