Opinion
No. 76-2862-E-2, CA 7948
Argued August 15, 1977
Affirmed September 12, 1977
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County.
L. L. Sawyer, Judge.
Richard W. Courtright, Medford, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Courtright, Swartsley Werdell, Medford.
Manville M. Heisel, Medford, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Tanzer and Johnson, Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. No costs to either party.
The sole issue in this dissolution-of-marriage proceedings is who should have custody of two of the parties' three children. The judge awarded custody of all three of the children, aged 8 through 14, to the mother. The father contends he should have custody of the two younger children. The trial judge made it clear in his oral opinion that he thought there was not much to say for either of the parents, that the advantages and disadvantages of each were roughly comparable, and that keeping the three children together was the deciding factor in awarding custody to the mother. We agree. Starin and Starin, 29 Or. App. 557, 564 P.2d 748, Sup Ct review denied (1977); Sarty v. Forney, 12 Or. App. 25, 506 P.2d 535 (1973).
Affirmed. No costs to either party.