G.B. v. M.M.B.

BECK, Judge:

We granted en banc review in this case in order to clarify when orders relating to child custody will be deemed final and therefore ripe for appeal. We hold that a custody order will be considered final and appealable only after the trial court has completed its hearings on the merits and the resultant order resolves the pending custody claims between the parties.

In the instant case we conclude that the order on appeal is interlocutory. The order allowed appellee, the children’s father, periods of partial custody of his two sons pending completion of hearings on the issues of…