Hazlett v. Toomin
Supreme Court of Vermont
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. Father appeals the trial court’s award to mother of primary legal and physical rights and responsibilities for their daughter. He contends that: (1) the court gave insufficient consideration to his superior ability to foster a positive relationship between the daughter and mother as compared to mother’s ability to support daughter’s relationship with him; (2) the court did not properly weigh an incident of mother allegedly abusing the daughter in drawing its conclusion to award her custody; and (3) the court gave undue weight to the conclusion that mother was the primary caregiver…
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