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Sample language may or may not be consistent with current law or rules of court. Any person involved in a legal proceeding would be wise to obtain competent local counsel with recent experience in the relevant area of law as soon as possible. The court is required to determine what is in the best interest of the child when making its decision about custody. The court must look at each of these twelve factors as it determines who will have custody. Where young children are involved, the court is likely to pay close attention to whether or not one parent was the primary caretaker before the parties separated.