Peterson v. Peterson

Rogosheske, Justice.

This appeal from an order of the Family Court Division of the Ramsey County District Court changing custody of a minor daughter from the mother to the father concerns the proper role and function of the family court judge in determining a contested custody issue after a reference to a family court referee and objections to the referee’s recommended findings and order. Two questions are specifically raised: Whether the family court judge may act upon the report of the referee and the objections thereto in the absence of a verbatim transcript of the oral testimony submitted…