Wakefield v. Bell

Nate Wakefield and Angela Bell are the parents of R.W., who was born on November 26, 2014. Nate and Angela lived together with R.W. and K.W., Nate's other child of whom he has custody, until around the end of March 2015 when Angela took R.W. and moved in with her mother. On April 10, 2015, Nate filed a verified petition for paternity testing and petition for custody. Angela did not challenge Nate's paternity. Temporary custody of R.W. was awarded to Angela following a hearing on May 29, 2015. On January 25, 2016, the full custody hearing began, and then resumed and concluded on July 26, 2016.…