Zvorak v. Beireis

CARTER, Justice. ■

This is a child custody dispute. The appellant, Isabel A. Zvorak, is the maternal grandmother of six-year-old Ashley Beireis. The child has lived in her grandmother’s home during most of her lifetime. The child’s mother is the appellee, Anita Beireis. From December 1987, when Ashley was ten months old, until sometime in 1992, she only maintained intermittent contact with her daughter and has provided almost no financial contribution toward her support.

Sometime in the fall of 1992, while the child’s mother was living in Minnesota, the child’s maternal grandmother, who lives…