Legal Opinion

Hassing v. Lancaster

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided November 24, 1997No. C7-97-991, C8-97-1017PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellant Kirsten Hassing, the single mother of seven-year-old T.S., disputes the adequacy of evidence to support the trial court’s current placement of the child’s custody with his adjudicated father. Because the trial court findings disregard the circumstances of appellant at the time of the hearing, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

T.S. was born in April 1990, and respondent Troy Lancaster was adjudicated father of the child in 1991. Sole legal and physical custody was then placed with appellant. Four years later, based on evidence that appellant was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Matter of Welfare of ChosaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  2. Marriage of Dean v. PeltonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In the Matter of the CIVIL COMMITMENT OF Gary George SPICERCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014
  2. In the Marriage of: Robert Peter Crowley v. Bridget Marie MeyerCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2016

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