Maurer v. Maurer
Supreme Court of Vermont
1Dissent
Katz, Supr. J.,
¶ 17. dissenting. I disagree with the final portion of the majority opinion, remanding the matter for failure of the trial court to make findings of fact regarding the best interests of the child.
¶ 18. There is no question but that the trial court did not make findings on that key issue. It did make rudimentary statements of the facts relied upon in concluding that joint custody was no longer workable, but failed to say anything about which parent was móre suited to be the resulting, sole custodian. The majority is quite correct in noting that the quoted statement from the…
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