M.S.P. v. P.E.P.
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by M.S.P. from a divorce order entered by the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, which granted the appel-lee, P.E.P., a divorce and awarded the parties joint custody of their two children, then ages three and five, with physical custody in the appellee.1 The appellant contends that the trial court erred in not awarding her sole custody of the children after the court made a specific finding that she had been the primary caretaker prior to the parties’ separation and failed to make a finding that she was unfit. We agree and reverse and remand for an award of custody of the…
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