Andrew Alex Bratton v. Laura Holland (Bratton)

¶ 1. Father appeals from the denial of his motion to modify legal and physical parental rights and responsibilities in the parties' son D.B. Father argues that the court improperly treated the child's maternal grandfather as a "fictive parent" and gave him too much weight in evaluating the statutory best-interests factors. We affirm the court's finding that changed circumstances exist, but reverse and remand its best-interests analysis for additional proceedings.

I. Procedural History

¶ 2. We recount the procedural history in detail as it bears on the ruling at issue here. D.B. was born in…