Heffernan v. Harbeson

¶ 1. Father appeals the family court’s ruling that 15 V.S.A. § 665(a) controls the assignment of parental rights and responsibilities in actions brought under the Parentage Proceedings Act (PPA), 15 V.S.A §§301-308. Father also appeals the parent-child contact schedule fashioned by the family court on remand from this Court’s panel decision. Father claims that the schedule fails to equalize the time that his son spends with each parent. We affirm.

¶ 2. Mother gave birth to the parties’ child in October 1999. Mother and father did not marry. Both mother and father have been deeply involved in…