Opinion ID: 1823270
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Which parent has the best parenting skills and willingness and capacity to provide primary care.

Text: ¶ 20. The chancellor found both Robert and Cindy have provided primary care to the children. However, he noted Cindy spent much of her time on the Internet and when she was absent from the home this care was provided by Robert. ¶ 21. Cindy counters by saying the chancellor did not consider that she has provided continued care for the last five years of the marriage and that she used the Internet only after the children had been bathed and gone to bed. According to Cindy, Robert came home and excluded her from his life; his desertion led to her use of the Internet. She maintains that the time she was not at the marital home was on the advice of her doctor and that it was in the best interest of the children not to move them with her. Cindy also asserts that the chancellor ignored the fact that Robert spent several hours a night watching television and that he regularly drinks beer and liquor and allows the children to take sips of his alcoholic beverages. ¶ 22. Robert counters this argument by saying the court was satisfied from the testimony presented that his drinking habits did not adversely affect his ability to care for the children. He testified he drinks beer or bourbon mixed with Diet coke on occasion, but since the separation his drinking had definitely decreased.