JOHNSON v. JOHNSON

Nos. 2709, 2724.

564 P.2d 71 (1977)

Rudy JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Linda JOHNSON, Appellee. Linda JOHNSON, Cross-Appellant, v. Rudy JOHNSON, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Collin Middleton, Anchorage, for appellant, cross-appellee.

Edward G. King, Ziegler, Ziegler & Cloudy, Ketchikan, for appellee, cross-appellant.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J. and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ.


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this case, appellant Rudy Johnson challenges the superior court's reliance on the tender years presumption in awarding custody of his young children to their mother, Linda Johnson.

Rudy and Linda Johnson were married in 1966. Their daughter, April, was born in 1968 and their son, Darrin, in 1970. Several years after their marriage, Rudy and Linda became involved with the Jehovah's Witnesses, and both were baptized into...

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