Gooding v. Gooding

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., P.J., M.S.,

delivered the opinion of the court, in which

RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., and W. NEAL McBRAYER, J. joined.

Father appeals the parenting schedule contending it is not supported by the evidence and that the trial court erred by implicitly basing the parenting schedule on an erroneous legal standard, the tender years doctrine. Decisions concerning parenting plans are reviewed based on the deferential abuse of discretion standard. Nevertheless, discretionary decisions must be based on the applicable law and the relevant facts; accordingly, they are not immune…