an incident at L.A.B. and E.B.'s home wherein L.A.B. became involved in an argument with his sister. E.B., V.S.M.B., and L.A.B.'s nephew and other sister were also *685 present. At the time, V.S.M.B. was only two months old. The argument continued to escalate, and during the course of the altercation with his sister, L.A.B. became physically violent toward his sister, nephew, and E.B. The police were called, and once they arrived, L.A.B. was arrested. As a result of this particular ordeal, E.B. separated from L.A.B. that night. She packed her belongings with the help of L.A.B.'s sisters, and she moved out of the home the next day, taking their infant child with her.
After they separated and divorced, L.A.B. began continuously harassing E.B. Hal Price, a twenty-year employee by the Southeastern University Police Department, testified that L.A.B. had been harassing E.B. at the university, where both E.B. and L.A.B. were employed. In order to address safety concerns, surveillance cameras were installed in E.B.'s office and undercover policemen were assigned to escort E.B. around campus. He testified that he was concerned for E.B.'s safety, particularly more so after interviewing L.A.B. Because of L.A.B.'s behavior and the real threat that he posed to E.B. on campus, L.A.B. was eventually asked to resign from his employment with the University.
L.A.B. admitted that he has had no relationship with V.S.M.B., and that he has only seen her at the time she was an infant. He last saw her on March 17, 2001. No one in L.A.B.'s family has seen V.S.M.B. since that date. Moreover, V.S.M.B. has never had any relationship with L.A.B. since and has never received any cards, phone calls, or gifts from L.A.B. or any members of his family.
Contrariwise, J.A.B. is known to V.S.M.B. as her "daddy" and they share a very close and loving relationship. Undisputedly, she has never known anyone to be her father other than J.A.B. Furthermore, the testimony establishes that V.S.M.B. has a very close and loving relationship with J.A.B.'s immediate family, that V.S.M.B. considers J.A.B.'s parents to be her grandparents, and views his sister as her aunt. She is also very close to her cousins in J.A.B.'s family.
Dr. Karen Van Beyer, a licensed clinical social worker, was accepted by the court as an expert in child custody evaluations and social work. Dr. Van Beyer testified that she reviewed L.A.B.'s psychiatric records, and interviewed and observed V.S.M.B. in her home with J.A.B. and E.B. She concluded that V.S.M.B. was a normal, happy, well-adjusted little girl, who had a very positive, secure attachment to her step-father. She witnessed no evidence of any kind of disorder such as separation anxiety. The most important thing she observed was the very positive attachment V.S.M.B. had to both her mother and step-father. She stated that V.S.M.B. refers to J.A.B. as "daddy," and that V.S.M.B. believes that J.A.B. is her father. Dr. Van Beyer also observed that J.A.B. is V.S.M.B.'s psychological father. She defined a "psychological father" as the person with whom