Legal Opinion
Morey v. Peppin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 11, 1985No. C1-83-1835PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COYNE, Justice.
We have granted further review in this matter for determination of the proper statutory criteria to be applied in a post-paternity-adjudication custody dispute between parents of a child born out of wedlock. The court of appeals held that the adjudicated father had a constitutional right to have custody determined in an evidentiary hearing in which the criteria set ■out at Minn.Stat. § 518.17 (1984) would be applied. Morey v. Peppin, 353 N.W.2d 179 (Minn.App.1984). Morey, the child’s mother, contends, however, that a proceeding for custody initiated more than two and one-half…
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