Court Opinion

ID: 9861219
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 23:49:23.257019+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:27:40.949124
License: Public Domain

LeGRAND, Justice
(dissenting).
The record in this case concerning custody of a three-year-old son is barren of any facts justifying our interference with the trial court decree. The evidence consists principally of a recitation of grievances by each parent against the other. Some have substance, some do not. This is exactly the type of situation in which we would do well to observe our oft-quoted rule that we give weight to the findings of the trial court. Rule 344(f)(7), Rules of Civil Procedure.
On the contrary we have elected to ignore those findings, despite the evenly balanced evidence upon which it rests. I think this is a mistake, and I would affirm.
REYNOLDSON, J., joins this dissent.