In Re the Marriage of Brauer

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

Kelli Brauer and Dean Young met in June 1989. Dean has a fourteen-year-old son from a previous marriage. Kelli and Dean began living together and had a daughter, Brittany Brauer, on October 15, 1991.

On February 28, 1992, Kelli filed a petition for dissolution of marriage, alleging the existence of a common law marriage.' Kelli requested primary physical care of the child subject to Dean’s rights of visitation, child support, attorney fees, and an equitable division of the parties’ assets and liabilities. Kelli also filed an application for temporary custody.

Dean filed an…