K.C. v. D.C.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

In December 1996, C.M. (“the mother”) gave birth to A.C. (“the child”). The mother was unmarried, but K.C. (“the father”), her boyfriend, was present at the child’s birth and is listed as the child’s father on the birth certificate. The mother, the father, and the child lived together for some period of time following the *347child’s birth; however, the exact amount of time is in dispute. According to the mother and the father, when the mother and the father parted ways sometime before 1998, the mother took the child with her. She acquired housing located very near her mother, D.C.…