Moorman v. Tingle

BROSKY, Judge:

In this appeal, we are asked, to review an order awarding custody of Michael David Shofestall to his mother, Diana C. Moorman. Appellants, the Tingles, are Michael’s maternal grandparents with whom he lived for most of his first 5V2 years and who ask that custody be awarded to them. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Diana Moorman became pregnant with Michael in 1976 when she was an adolescent. She married his father before Michael was born, but the union was a short one, ending in divorce the following year. For a period prior to and around the time of their divorce, Diana…