G. S. v. T. S.

The plaintiff father appeals from a judgment in an action for dissolution of marriage in which custody of the minor children was awarded to the defendant mother. The plaintiff claims that the trial court abused its discretion (1) in awarding sole custody of the minor child H1 to the defendant, (2) in basing its custody decision on facts not in evidence, and (3) in failing to consider him as a potential custodial parent.

We do not reach the plaintiff’s specific claims because we find that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to appoint an attorney for the minor children.

The…