Cookson v. Cookson

This is an appeal by the plaintiff mother, Mary Ellen Cookson, from the modification of a dissolution of marriage judgment which modification transferred custody of three minor children from the plaintiff to the defendant father, Edwin Cookson. The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in granting the motion for modification by: (1) applying a preponderance of the evidence rather than a clear and convincing evidence standard of proof; (2) substituting a “least detrimental alternative” standard for the statutory standard of the best interests of the children when determining custody; and…