Tasche N. Demers v. Michael W. Nicks

HILL, Justice.

[¶1] Tasche DeMers (Mother) challenges a district court order awarding Michael Nicks (Father) primary custody of the parties' ten-year old son. Mother contends that the district court erred by treating the dispute as an initial custody determination rather than as a modification of an existing custody order. Mother further contends that the district court abused its discretion by giving insufficient weight to the status quo and the child's preference. We affirm,

ISSUES

[€2] Mother states the issues on appeal as follows:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by ignoring…