In Interest of MKM

URBIGKIT, Justice.

This case involves an extraordinarily bitter custody battle for MKM who was sexually abused by either her father or the man who became her mother’s second husband. The district court adjudicated the controversy within child neglect and custody concepts and awarded custody to MKM’s paternal grandmother in a best interests of the child discretional decision.

We affirm the district court’s general award of present custody. However, in finding an award of permanent custody to the grandmother contrary to the statutes controlling this area of law, we modify the grant of custody to…