Knell v. Schrieyer

ANDREASEN, Justice.

This ease involves a dispute between a father and stepfather over the guardianship and custody of a minor child. After the death of the child’s mother, the stepfather petitioned the district court to be appointed as the child’s guardian. The father resisted the petition. The court held that under the circumstances, the long-range best interest of the child would be better served if custody remained with the stepfather. The biological father appeals. We affirm.

I. Background.

Theresa and Russell Knell were married in 1988. She was twenty-three and he was twenty-one. Heather…