In Re Marriage of Zucco

JUSTICE EASSERMAN,

specially concurring:

I concur with the conclusion of the majority that the trial court, in considering the determinative factors in awarding custody, abused its discretion in relying on: (1) the professed preference of the parties’ son for custodianship and (2) the parties’ religious practices. I also agree that the instant cause must be remanded to the trial court for a new determination as to custody.

Although I agree with this aspect of the decision of the majority, I would also reverse and remand the case at bar on the basis that the trial court failed to comply with the…