Opinion ID: 2360195
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Agreement and Remand

Text: The Father filed the petition for modification because he felt that alternating primary placement annually was not in Casey's best interests. Although the Father seeks primary placement with him every year in Delaware, his position on appeal is that the Family Court erred by not considering all placement options. His argument on appeal recognizes that, inter alia, primary placement with the Mother in Michigan is also an appropriate option for the Family Court to consider in evaluating Casey's best interests. Since the Mother did not file a petition for primary placement, we directed the parties to file supplemental memoranda addressing the residential placement options that were available for consideration by the Family Court. In those supplemental memoranda, both parties agree that the Family Court should have considered all residential placement options and then decided which arrangement was in Casey's best interests. The record reflects that the parties did not make it clear to the Family Court that they agreed all options for residential placement were before it for consideration. It also is unclear whether the Family Court did consider all options. Therefore, this matter will be remanded to the Family Court to: i) report whether it did consider all options; and ii) if it did not, to do so and report its conclusion as to what residential placement arrangement is in Casey's best interests. [21]