Legal Opinion · Dissent

In Re the Marriage of Whyte Couvi

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 2012No. DA 11-0379Published

1DissentJustice Baker

¶37 As the Court acknowledges (Opinion, ¶ 23), we apply a presumption in child custody cases “that the court carefully considered the evidence and made the correct decision.” In re Marriage of Everett, 2012 MIT 8, ¶ 29, 363 Mont. 296, 268 P.3d 507 (quoting N.S., ¶ 18); Marriage of Tummarello, ¶ 34. Unless this Court can determine from the record that the findings upon which a modification decision is predicated are clearly erroneous, we do not disrupt the decision of a district court in a child custody matter absent a clear abuse of discretion. Jacobsen v. Thomas, 2006 MT 212, ¶ 13, 333 Mont.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Albrecht v. AlbrechtMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Jacobsen v. ThomasMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Custody of Arneson-NelsonMontana Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Marriage of Guffin v. Plaisted-HarmanMontana Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Czapranski v. CzapranskiMontana Supreme Court · 2003

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