Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama October 28, 1987, Civ. 5903 (Burdick v. Nix)

INGRAM, Judge.

Barbara and Lemuel Nix were divorced in September 1981. The decree of divorce gave custody of the parties’ minor son to the mother. In July of 1985, the father *723filed a petition to modify the decree, seeking custody of the minor child. The trial court modified the divorce decree, granting custody to the father.