Gallant v. Gallant

I concur in the main opinion. I write separately to express my view as to the practical application in the trial court of the standard for modifying physical custody and as to certain evidentiary issues.

Ex parte McLendon, 466 So.2d 863 (Ala.1984), and related cases attempt to express the legal principle, well known to trial courts, that a child who is in a stable, safe custodial environment should remain in

that environment and should not be removed from that environment without a finding by the trial court of compelling reasons to support that doing so would materially promote the best…