In re Bordalo

The respondent, Meagan Carter (Mother), appeals a decision of the Concord Family Division (Gordon, J.) awarding primary parenting responsibility of her minor child (Daughter) jointly to the petitioner, Matthew Bordalo (Father), and the intervenors, John and Karen Bordalo, the Father’s parents. We reverse and remand.

I

The following facts are drawn from the trial court’s final order. Father and Mother had a brief relationship that resulted in Daughter’s birth in 2006. Mother married Richard Carter in October 2008 and had a child born of their marriage. Mother and Father entered into a parenting…