Court Opinion

ID: 9506848
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:14:28.377985+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:09.397943
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE HAS'WELL
(specially concurring).
I concur in the result but not in all that is said in the foregoing opinion.
Specifically I do not agree with the statement that the trial court in all cases should rule on the fitness of both parents *310for custody of children of tender years. In many cases, the mother’s claim to custody of a small child will prevail irrespective of the fitness or unfitness of the father. To require a finding of unfitness of the father in such a case adversely affects payment of child support, exercise of visitation rights, and related conflicts—all without purpose.