Case ID: or-app_140/html/0448-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Submitted on record and briefs July 28, 1995,
    affirmed April 17, 1996
    In the Matter of the Marriage of Nikki J. BLAKER, Respondent, and Kenneth R. BLAKER, Appellant.
    
    (C92-1986DR; CA A81403)
    914 P2d 716
    Kenneth R. Blaker filed the briefs pro se.
    
    Jacqueline L. Koch .and Findling & Johnson filed the brief for respondent.
    Before Richardson, Chief Judge, and De Muniz and Haselton, Judges.
    PER CURIAM
   PER CURIAM

Father appeals from a judgment awarding mother custody of the couple’s young son. Based on our de novo review of the record, we find that both father and mother are good, devoted, and loving parents. We further conclude, after independently considering the criteria enumerated in ORS 107.137(1), that the trial court did not err in awarding custody to mother. See generally Boldt and Boldt, 104 Or App 379, 801 P2d 874 (1990).

Affirmed. Costs to mother. 
      
       ORS 107.137(1) provides:
      “In determining custody of a minor child pursuant to ORS 107.105 or 107.135, the court shall give primary consideration to the best interests and welfare of the child. In determining the best interests and welfare of the child, the court may consider the following relevant factors:
      “(a) The emotional ties between the child and other family members;
      “(b) The interest of the parties in and attitude toward the child;
      “(c) The desirability of continuing an existing relationship; and
      “(d) The abuse of one parent by the other.”