Langendorfer v. Spearman

¶ 1 Caro Spearman (Father) appeals from two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that granted Tammy Langendorfer’s (Mother) petition for contempt and ordered a change in legal and primary physical custody of the parties’ child from Father to Mother. 1 We vacate the orders and reinstate the May 5, 1998 final custody order.

¶ 2 The parties are the parents of Sidney Patrick Spearman, born December 19, 1988. Father, who resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mother, who fives in Alaska, are not and have never been married. The initial custody litigation began in 1993. The…