Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. Carson

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This appeal concerns the custody of a nine year old boy, Jeffrey Scott Spriggs. Following an extensive hearing, the Court of Common Pleas of York County determined that the child’s best interests would be served by awarding custody of Jeffrey to his father. The Superior Court, with two judges dissenting, 1 undertook its own review of the record and reversed the trial court’s determination, awarding custody to the mother. This Court subsequently granted the appellant father’s petition for allocatur. 2 Because we believe the Superior Court ex ceeded its proper scope of…