Van Sickle v. McGraw

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Jennifer Van Sickle challenges the superi- or court’s grant of primary physical custody of her daughter to the child’s father, Joshua MeGraw. Her appeal raises two main issues: whether the 2004 amendments to the child custody statute, AS 25.24.150, apply to this case and whether the superior court abused its discretion in awarding custody to Joshua. We conclude that the amendments do not apply here because the evidence in this case had already closed by the date the amendments became effective. We also conclude that the superior court did not abuse its…