Court Opinion

ID: 9594244
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:28:25.180366+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:38:44.291995
License: Public Domain

Hastings, C. J.,
concurring.
I agree with the result reached by the majority opinion. However, I object to our returning to, or reinforcing, the “chattel theory” of child custody rather than looking to the best interests of the child, “ ‘with due regard for the superior rights of a fit, proper, and suitable parent.’ ” See Nielsen v. Nielsen, 207 Neb. 141, 152, 296 N.W.2d 483, 489 (1980) (Hastings, J., concurring).
Boslaugh, J., joins in this concurrence.