C.B. v. J.B.

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.

In this appeal, we are called upon squarely to determine the point in time at which a trial court must specify the reasons for its decision in a child custody case. We address this question under the “new” Child Custody Act (“the Act”), which our General Assembly enacted in November 2010, and which took effect in January 2011.1

In this case, C.B. (“Aunt”) appeals the custody order entered on October 24, 2011. That order awarded primary physical custody of G.B. (born December 2004) and K.B. (born November 2003) to their paternal uncle, J.B. (“Uncle”), from whom Aunt is…