Court Opinion

ID: 9850242
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:53:56.873998+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:33.602735
License: Public Domain

CARDINE, Justice,
specially concurring.
I concur in the above case but do not buy into the suggestion that a parent who first obtains temporary custody should be awarded permanent custody because they have established a stable environment for the children. Nor do I accept the proposition that wealth, educational advantages and a stable environment are the most important factors to be considered. Perhaps the sincere love of a parent who helps and encourages a child and who does not abuse that child is as important even in the absence of wealth. It is abundantly clear that sociometry and psychiatry are not exact sciences, and it is not infrequent that children raised in difficult circumstances do very well while children having all of the advantages do poorly in society. There are no easy answers. We simply consider a totality of all the circumstances in arriving at what we perceive to be in the best interests of the children.